A challenge to Czech youth

Published: July 29, 2007, 7:08 pm

Tags: foreign language and geography flag, flame bait

Look, I like the Czech Republic. I've had a good time in Prague. Such helpful people in all the stores, such friendly folks on the trams and buses, so welcoming and warm, so willing to offer assistance to foreigners. Never grumpy or grouchy or pissed off. It's a nation known for hospitality, and for some great achievements. Like the Skoda. And those fantastic beers. Wonderful composers like Smetana and Janacek. Writers like Kundera, Skvorecky, Hrabal and my main man Hasek. Marina Tsvetaeva, my favorite Russian poet, wrote some of her best work in Prague. And of course I love the great Czech politicians like Vaclav Havel (who by the way loves our new MacBook Pro) and Lech Walesa, and famous emigre businessmenski like Andy Grove.But the above video just makes me sad. It shows young Czech kids vandalizing an Apple store and covering its windows with the word "Why?" because they think our computers cost too much in the Czech Republic. Folks, if you want to see how four decades of

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