Bring back Harlem Shaker? Not likely!

Students at an Oxford college have called for the reinstatement of a librarian who they say was sacked after the filming of a Harlem Shake video. About 30 students took part in a version of the internet dance craze in St Hilda's College library. It has had more than 5,000 views on YouTube. St Hilda's Junior Common Room (JCR) president Esther Gosling said the librarian had been sacked and up to five students fined between £30 and £60 after the video was posted online in February. The librarian deserved to be fired, as did 15 miners in Australia who were fired earlier this month after performing a version of the Harlem Shake underground and posting a video of it online. The Harlem Shake is just rubbish, maybe except for a really good one right here. Harlem Shakes will never beat Gangnam Style's famous horse dance. In other news, 20-year-old Greek footballer Giorgos Katidis has been banned for life from playing for his national team after a controversial goal celebration in which he appeared to give a Nazi salute. On Saturday, he gestured with his right arm extended and hand straightened, to celebrate scoring the winning goal for his team AEK Athens in a Super League game at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. He says he hadn't understood the meaning of the gesture - but is it possible, in 2013, for a European to be so poorly informed? Yes. Is it really possible for young people in Europe today not to know the meaning of such gestures? I believe so. Katidis is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else, and did it without knowing what it means. I am 100% sure that Giorgos did not know what he did. Nevertheless, the country's football federation said the midfielder's gesture insulted all victims of the Nazis and banned him from playing for the Greek national team for life.