Can I help you? No, we don't sell pesto sausage, but we do have little weenies.

Jun 12, 2008

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

And in Afghanistan, apparently we need to ask who will interpret for the interpreters.

This video is appalling. Please go to the Guardian and watch it. Lost in translation is no joke.

4 comments:

Fran said...

Holy crap.

I am speechless.

two crows said...

and when the frustration builds to lethal levels a massacre will occur. THEN there will be a great gnashing of teeth, wringing of hands, finding of scapegoats.

dguzman said...

How many Amurkans would say, "Hey, why don't they just learn English? It was good enough for the Bible, it should be good enough for them!"

two crows said...

ha! dguzman--
good'un!
I'm sure there are people out there thinking exactly that. . . .