May 5, 2014

Society of the Hungarian spectacle


Okay, this is the list of things you cannot bring into the splendid new Pancho Arena. Erected in the home town of our great prime minister (right under the garden of his family cottage), this ornate secessionist structure is able to accomodate almost 4000 people - more than twice the village's population. Yes, the hilariously ungrammatical last-but-not-least item after
  • Toilet paper
  • Wrenches and screw-drivers
  • Flags and banners (in a stadium!)
  • Magic wands
  • Lipstics, eyeliners, facial cream and deodorant spray
  • "Socialism, both national and international" (as they like put it)
  • Capitalism (i.e. The grabbing hands - Any better suggestions?)
is the reason why this image showed up on Index.hu, together with a long-winded and painfully bureaucratic explanation from a PR dude representing the stadium. I wonder what he thinks about fake (i.e. not "actual") politics...