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14:21 / 24.04.02

Okay, potentially the wrong place for this, and potentially just a little bile from me that will promote no discussion, but I'm pretty disgusted here. I just heard a report on the radio about last night's hockey play-off game. It was the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders, and the game was in New York. And during the Canadian national anthem, the crowd started booing. No lie. Coupled with the fact that there are 9 players on the Islanders that are Canadian, I'm just furious. There ought to be laws.

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15:42 / 24.04.02

Well its not like New Yorkers are known for their over abundance of class. Besides it doesnt matter..we all know Montrela going to ge the Stanley.

15:44 / 24.04.02

My typing sucks before coffee. That should have read "Besides, it doesn't matter, we all know Montreal is going to get the Stanley."

16:01 / 24.04.02

This also occured during an NBA playoff game in Detroit.

There's no excuse for it. As a Hockey Fan, I'm appalled. Could the NHL exist without Canadian players? Aren't there any Canadians on the Islanders?

Besides, "Oh Canada" is so much better than the Star Spangled Banner.

16:14 / 24.04.02

"Besides, it doesn't matter, we all know Montreal is going to get the Stanley."

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16:43 / 24.04.02

Well its not like New Yorkers are known for their over abundance of class. – kegboy

%Of course. Because all New Yorkers are exactly the same – you can't tell them apart.%

Cut the crap, man. Yes, it was a very rude and inapproriate thing to do. Yes, now is not exactly the time for Americans – of any city – to be dissing Canada. But for you to judge all New Yorkers by the idiotic behavior of a bunch of hockey fans – that's wack.

New York is a very classy place – ask moriarty & his brother.

wembley can change in 28 days

16:50 / 24.04.02

This has been going on for ages, people. I remember hearing booing of O Canada at playoff games years ago. And let's not forget the baseball game where the Canadian flag was brought in upside-down.

A few people booed the Star-Spangled Banner when I was at a Raptors game a while back in Toronto. I didn't - it's plain fucking rude no matter where you are. The fact that there are enough people - American and Canadian - who feel that a fun thing to do at a game is to boo the other's national anthem is disappointing.

Come to think of it, why play national anthems before a game at all? It's not the Olympics. And does anybody remember when you'd go to a movie theatre and before the movie they'd play O Canada and everyone would stand and sing? I thought that rocked.

17:06 / 24.04.02

We wouldn't have to boo them if the Canadians hadn't stolen the great American sport of hockey from us Yanks.

wembley can change in 28 days

17:09 / 24.04.02

Oh, go and reinvent basketball, yankee doodle.

17:13 / 24.04.02

First baseball game I went to this year was the Red Sox vs The Blue Jays. The Canadian national anthem was played first, followed by that of the US. Fenway park is an odd place - Bostonians there don't tolerate anything that has to do with New York, but I was suprised to see that everyone was at the very least patient with the Canadian anthem - more than a few sang, even. More than I expected.

17:18 / 24.04.02

Your insult has insulted me, wembley!

17:22 / 24.04.02

Ierne, ignore the Habs fan. He's obviously still in denial that the Montreal dynasty is long dead. New York is all class, and it's people would certainly be contenders in a Battle of Kindness between them and their Northern neighbours. Rock!

Wembley, I'm all about the anthem at the movies. Better that then fucking commercials. I'm looking more and more forward to getting down on the 4th with you and your booty. We'll be shaking it Requiem for a Dream style, AKA Ass-to-Ass.

On topic, kinda, this got me a little heated myself, but not so much that it lingered for more than a few seconds. Many sports fans, and fans of anything, are passionate (I'm sure there's a more appropriate and crass word for it). Just because a couple of yahoos decided to be impolite doesn't mean much of anything, which is why this thread kind of disintegrated so quickly. It's a shame all right. A shame there's so many fucking morons warming seats.

17:29 / 24.04.02

A shame there's so many fucking morons warming seats.

As annoying as these people can be sometimes, I usually prefer them to the uptight, rich company executive who drives up the ticket price and steals seats away from the common man. At annoying as they can be, at least they show some emotion and team spirit.

17:46 / 24.04.02

Ierne: I wasnt saying anything about New Yorkers themselves. (I know quite a few and they're decent folk). I was refering to the reputation they have. Especially the sports fans.

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17:54 / 24.04.02

Actually, everyone in Detroit is a bastard. Funny, huh?

wembley can change in 28 days

20:40 / 24.04.02

We'll be shaking it Requiem for a Dream style, AKA Ass-to-Ass.
Damn, that's disturbing. And kind of exhilarating, too...
I'm actually impressed that anyone else even remembers the anthem at the movies thing. I remember they used to play a little film of canadian athletes and landscapes and I'd feel all proud standing next to my dad. This was before latin class in grade 12, where I used the national anthem every morning as an opportunity to practice crying on command. For patriotic-like stuff.

I find the idea of alcohol at sporting events a bit distasteful, because it turns normal people into yahoos all the time. I never even realised it was such a cultural institution until I finally went to a game. My god, is the point of being there simply to drink? I found it so weird, because I grew up playing hockey and baseball, and being kids we were all very sober little players, and we still got huge adrenalin rushes going watching our teammates play. Do some people not have fun at a game if they're not drunk - much like some people can't have fun dancing if they're not drunk? That's another thing I can't understand.

Go leafs! (waits to be lynched.)

wembley can change in 28 days

20:40 / 24.04.02

We'll be shaking it Requiem for a Dream style, AKA Ass-to-Ass.
Damn, that's disturbing. And kind of exhilarating, too...
I'm actually impressed that anyone else even remembers the anthem at the movies thing. I remember they used to play a little film of canadian athletes and landscapes and I'd feel all proud standing next to my dad. This was before latin class in grade 12, where I used the national anthem every morning as an opportunity to practice crying on command. For patriotic-like stuff.

I find the idea of alcohol at sporting events a bit distasteful, because it turns normal people into yahoos all the time. I never even realised it was such a cultural institution until I finally went to a game. My god, is the point of being there simply to drink? I found it so weird, because I grew up playing hockey and baseball, and being kids we were all very sober little players, and we still got huge adrenalin rushes going watching our teammates play. Do some people not have fun at a game if they're not drunk - much like some people can't have fun dancing if they're not drunk? That's another thing I can't understand.

Go leafs! (waits to be lynched.)

20:59 / 24.04.02

Have to agree with the curiousity re: drinking at games. Mainly because at Fenway (the only park I ever go to) the beer is $4.50, for a plastic cup full of Bud Lite. Each person can buy two at a time, you you'll see people coming back up to the stands two-fisting Bud freaking Lite. I just don't get it.

13:44 / 25.04.02

We have the national anthems of both USA and Australia sung prior to every Nashville Kangaroos home match, and I've never seen either anthem (or flag, for that matter) treated with anything but respect.

It seems there's a little healthy rivalry between the USA and... that other nation... I forget the name... you know, the cold one up north. Yeah. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with that. If you laugh at it, it's a joke. If you take it seriously, all it will do is ruin your day.

Strawberry Fields forever, dudes. Peace out.