Cruising earth

The global village. A friend's in Peru. One is soon of to Mexico. Family is watching wildlife in South Africa. Then there is the BA054 flight to catch and to connect onto BA2159. Then another friend is hitting Cape Town to be at the world cup draw.

It's like the whole world is around the corner.



France's qualification for the worldcup has re-opened the debate about using TV footage when the referee is in doubt or plainly wrong. Henry's handball that directly lead to France's qualifying goal last Wednesday evening is a black spot on the world cup fever. Henry himself admitted afterwards he played the ball with his hand and all the TV footage and photos were so obvious that the referee has really comitted a mortal sin that moment. The Irish feel betrayed by the blind referee. Rightly so. It's a human error but a serious one.