Can you blame them? I think I would rather watch a religiuos show...

500th post. I've got a lot of time on my hands.


Man Killed By Family For Watching World Cup On TV

Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.

David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.

"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.

"In that argument, they started assaulting him.

Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/man-killed-by-family-for-_n_616199.html