I would have said that if there was an “octo” that served as a symbol of “all that is wrong with the western world,” I would have gone with something like this:
Iran’s totally rational and intellectual leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, thinks Paul the octopus is a far better example of how far our society has fallen.
Paul, who lives at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre, in Germany, won the hearts of the Spanish by predicting their World Cup victory.
However, the Iranian president accused the octopus of spreading “western propaganda and superstition.” Paul was mentioned by Mr Ahmadinejad on various occasions during a speech in Tehran at the weekend.
“Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values,” he said.
This is the guy Obama wants to sit down with and discuss the problems we have with each other.
That ought to end well.
