Blow your horn!

Remember when I said I’d mix up the look around here from time to time? Well, that time has come.

I’m tired of seeing articles about how everyone wants the folks in South Africa to put away their vuvuezelas at World Cup matches. Quite frankly, it’s their country and their tradition.

What gives us the right to tell people not to be annoying on their own turf? Seriously – we’re a nation that has embraced the macarena, doing the wave at sporting events and Fran Drescher.

Personally, I think the whole vuvuzela thing is great. Here in America, we’ve become accustomed to seeing stadiums full of people who honestly don’t care about the events they’re watching. The folks in South Africa are caught up in the excitement of the moment. More power to them.

I’ll admit, vuvuzelas are annoying as all hell – for about five minutes. Then their incessant buzzing just becomes white noise that your brain filters out.

Do they cause hearing loss? Probably. Are they tools of the devil? Probably not.

If the vuvuzelas are too loud for you, get some ear plugs or turn down your television. Just don’t expect other people to bend to your expectation of what’s appropriate and what isn’t at the world’s largest sporting event. Stop trying to homogenize other cultures. Embrace the new. Hear the buzz.

In support of the vuvuvela-ers and their right to vuvuzelate (?), I’m going to let these guys blow their horn at the top of my blog until the World Cup is over. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.