Olympic Asshaberdashery
The Spanish basketball team displays epic stupidity.

For those who are just skimming: the link goes to an article about a team photo in which all the players are using their fingers to give themselves slanty "Chinese" eyes. Classy, n/n? To make it even better, the team is sponsored by Li Ning Footwear. Li Ning, you might recall, is the gentleman who lit the Olympic flame this time around. The Spanish are mad at the British paper that reported on the photo, accusing them of smearing Spain's good name in true fanbrat fashion.

As the article puts it: "It's baffling that nobody involved in the picture -- from the photographers to the players -- even seemed to consider that this ad would be looked at negatively. Did it not occur to somebody that it might not be a good idea to mock an entire continent before the world's largest athletic competition that, by the way, happens to take place on that continent. Were they not aware of an invention called "the Internet" that allows pictures taken in Spain to be transmitted all over the world for the eyes of everyone?"

Fail, Spanish basketball team, fail.