Belgian police use Bush-Chimp comparison in training exercise

I gave it a "5!"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20050331/od_nm/odd_belgium_bush_dc

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian trainers helping police to understand body language have caused a controversy by likening George Bush's facial expressions to a chimpanzee's.

Interior Minister Patrick Dewael said he was unaware of the pictures when he signed a letter promoting the training package for police dealing with unruly soccer fans, and said the idea was "of bad taste," Het Laatste Nieuws daily reported.

The training presentation pictured the U.S. president's face in various expressions beside photographs of a chimpanzee, the paper showed on its front page, in what was meant to be a humorous introduction to the subject of reading expressions.

Dewael's office was not immediately available for comment.

note: originally posted by EndElectoral in a nother thread but I thought it was too good to miss.

bush looks like a damn chimpanzee!

I have to wonder whether the officials who made public comments were secretly cracking up, as well.

My grandmother was Belgian. She died when my Dad was a kid so I never knew her, but everytime I read something about protests or things like this happening in Belgium, I feel a little pride in her heritage.

:)

Lots of progressives in Belgium.

:rofl:

He is a good example of body language. Why he even bragged about his body language just before one very important speech: "you guys will be seeing some very special body language". Someone must have complemented him on his body language..not knowing perhaps what else to say.. nothing to be proud of.. if you are THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and the complement you get is ON YOUR BODY LANGUAGE!.