So "Loyal Americans" are booing the Canadian National Anthem

Bluzmann57

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Wed May-17-06 06:57 PM
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So "Loyal Americans" are booing the Canadian National Anthem

I don't have a link for this, but I heard that the other night some San Jose hockey "fans" booed when the Canadian National Anthem was played. Two problems with this. At least 10 players on the San Jose team are Cnadian, and Edmonton was the visiting team so it is the correct thing to do; the playing of "O Canada". So maybe in retaliation, when the series returns to Edmonton, the Canadian fans should sing the "Star Spangled Banner"...in Spanish. Now that would be funny.

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TSIAS

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Wed May-17-06 09:26 PM
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1. The whole anthem singing is outdated

I don't see why we need to interject the Star Spangeled Banner into a sporting event. In today's world, the flag has been taken over by right-wing nuts. A game is just that -- a sporting event. No need to turn it into a jingoistic rally.

However, booing a national anthem is classless. It's wrong when Canadians boo ours, and I surely don't support us booing "Oh Canada".

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nickgutierrez

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Thu May-18-06 10:58 AM
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2. From what I'm hearing

It was more a poorly thought out expression of dislike for the Edmonton team than any dislike for Canada.

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JohnKleeb

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Thu May-18-06 11:38 AM
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3. It would be ironic if Edmonton had more American born players

than San Jose. I think it's a stupid thing to do honestly. I wouldn't be be happy if someone booed the American anthem either.

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Jack Rabbit

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Thu May-18-06 02:55 PM
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4. That's xenophobia run amuck

That's not something I would expect of San Jose. Did the Sharks import their fans from Texas or Idaho for the evening?

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northzax

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Thu May-18-06 03:01 PM
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5. people boo the Star Spangled Banner all the time

it doesn't excuse it, nor does it really make it xenophobia, just boorishness.

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dr.zoidberg

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Thu May-18-06 09:40 PM
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6. Booing national anthems isn't anything new.

Edited on Thu May-18-06 09:40 PM by dr.zoidberg

I remember watching a Kostya Tszyu fight a few years back, and the Aussie fans booed the opposing fighters' national anthem. The only places that I haven't heard anthems booed were in Germany and Japan.

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Gman

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Fri May-19-06 11:53 PM
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7. Must be dark skinned Canadians

that are threatening the white power structure. They even fly the Canadian flag! OMG!

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