| Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says the media are responsible for the controversy over the Miss World pageant that led to riots in which 220 died. Terrible, the way all those journalists and reporters and printers' devils got out there and killed people and set fire to churches. And the editors — they were the worst! Obasanjo told CNN that "irresponsible journalism" in Nigeria was responsible for the violence. "What happened in Nigeria obviously could have happened at any time that such sensitive and irresponsible remarks are made, at a time like this — particularly at a time like this, in Nigeria," he said. "Ramadan is regarded as holy month for all Muslims and it's a period of fasting, a period of prayer. Their brothers and sisters must also respect their sensitivities and their sensibilities. Nigerian people did not regard that. It caused what we have now in the country." "Our Muslim brothers and sisters, of course, don't have the least obligation to exercise any self-control at all. They're incapable of it, as we all know. So it's incumbent on the rest of us to make sure their little feelings don't get hurt, otherwise they do stoopid, destructive things. Right?" Obasanjo said he regretted the contest had left Nigeria. "I'm only sorry that (due to) circumstances beyond our control those girls had to leave and we regret that they have to leave but we are happy that we have done our best," he said. "I mean, I was really looking forward to seeing all those boobies in one place..." |  I gotta get me one of them hats... |