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Canada doesnt torture or illegally invade and occupy nations in the Middle East.
I'm sure most Canadians are proud to be Canadian, and I dont blame them one bit for being so, they should be. I dont remember them starting any wars recently or torturing people.
Major sporting events, especially big events like the Super Bowl, are carefully calculated at indoctrinating people with nationalism and militarism. The more "proud" you are of your country, the less questions you ask about its conduct
Psst, I hear Canada is nice this time of year.
Check it out lol.
You sound like it's the equivelent of waterboarding to have to listen to the national anthem during sporting events you apparently never even attend.
Liberal intolerance mixed with anti-American sentiment, nice.
I hear Europe is nice this time of year.
Good grief, all she said was that people shouldn't be thrown out for going to the bathroom at that time. That really is over the top! I've never heard of that in Denver.
I would agree.Nothing wrong with the Star Spangled banner, however I would say some teams, Yankees , like to I don't know dragggg out the 7th inning stretch to give them an advantage.
You sound like it's the equivelent of waterboarding to have to listen to the national anthem during sporting events you apparently never even attend.
Liberal intolerance mixed with anti-American sentiment, nice.
I hear Europe is nice this time of year.
You don't think its CRAZY that someone should tell you when you can and can't go to the bathroom?? That makes me Anti-American??
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I think they should be. Or I don't see the purpose anymore. In Montreal (this has happened quite a few times up there recently) the fans booed the Star Spangled Banner. Of course, in retaliation, the Boston fans (hopefully I'm wrong) will return the favor if the series between the Canadiens and Bruins goes 5 games.
Maybe this tradition should not be banned from sports because of a few yahoos, but I just think it would solve a problem. It just flammes "country wars" that don't need to go on and on top of that 1/2 the players, particulary in baseball and hockey with the higher number of non north americans on the rosters, could not care less about it anyway, judging by their behavior.
Another reason why it's gone too far (or maybe) is the incident at Yankee Stadium, where some guy was roughed up by cops, for walking away from his seat to use the restroom, during God Bless America.
Your thoughts, even though I can see this flaming into a "liberals are unpatriotic" thread.
I use to work at the Mesquite Rodeo in of course Mesquite TX. The people who own the arena rented the place out to the Mexican Rodeo...the Mexicans sang their national anthem and no one booed... so, what do those folks have that America doesn't? Oh, yea...I answered my own question...the lyrics.
You don't think its CRAZY that someone should tell you when you can and can't go to the bathroom?? That makes me Anti-American??
Think of the soldiers who took pride in the anthem while sacraficing their freedoms and lives just so that you can throw a hissy about not peeing for 5 minutes.
Good grief, all she said was that people shouldn't be thrown out for going to the bathroom at that time. That really is over the top! I've never heard of that in Denver.
Good grief is it asking too much to have people not take a break for 5 minutes while the anthem is played?
Talk about entitled whiners.
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Oh, yea...I answered my own question...the lyrics. 
