I suppose early warning signs were there before I even sat down to witness this debacle. My mother has long stopped watching show. When I spoke to her on phone about it, this once avid viewer and follower of Eurovision Song Contest had lost interest entirely. To make matters worse, girls in local chippie laughed when I mentioned it.

Greece was hot favourite, and in fairness, they presented a polished and well balanced song and dance routine that was ideal for Eurovision Song Contest. In balance though, for as many years as I can remember, Greece has always awarded Cyprus 12 points and Cyprus has always awarded Greece 12 points. Shame on them both. That supposedly respectful countries like Greece, members of EEC, can resort to such blatant and obvious vote rigging beggars belief.

New term: Ideological Imperialism. Definition of term:

1.Ideological: Concerned with or suggestive of ideas.

2.Imperialism: A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries or a political orientation that advocates imperial interests.

I cannot say that I have coined this term. I think minds more mighty than my (feeble) own have thought this through and coined this term or phrase.

What got me to thinking about this is that recent business with African-American Ideological Imperialists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. They got their boxer shorts all twisted into a knot over President Vicente Fox's most innocuous statement about Mexicans doing jobs that even American blacks will not do—referring to Mexican migrant worker issue.

In Mexican mind, in their cultural context, it was an innocuous and harmless statement. I should know because I live in Mexico and am exposed to this daily. Mexican mothers affectionately call their lighter-skinned children Blanquito and their darker-skinned ones Negrito.

Nevertheless, all political correctness hell has broken loose with African-American branch of American Ideological Imperialists, Jesse and Al, with Warp engines at maximum and PC phasers at ready.