tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508142.post6174658930206064852..comments2023-09-24T11:44:15.557-04:00Comments on Ottawa Sports Guy: Anthems: Wake up! Time To Die!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508142.post-36573606250599546862009-04-28T12:16:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:16:00.000-04:00I agree to a certain extent.
However, I think the...I agree to a certain extent.<br /><br />However, I think the first step, and the easiest to take, is to just play the Home national anthem. I don't see a problem singing the Canadian National Anthem at a sporting event in Canada. Let's face it, the only exposure we ever got to the anthem outside of school was at hockey games. Are they out of place? Sure. But I don't see the harm in it.<br /><br />Where I see an issue is playing the other anthem in "hostile" territory. You'll ALWAYS be asking for trouble, even at the best of diplomatic times. Those misguided (and likely drunk) Habs fans will boo the visitor anthem more as a symbol of the opponent, than as a symbol of the country. Get rid of it and avoid the "scandal" potential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508142.post-59953083606848889222009-04-27T15:01:00.000-04:002009-04-27T15:01:00.000-04:00Hear! Hear!
First I'm trying not to grin at the u...Hear! Hear!<br /><br />First I'm trying not to grin at the use of the word obfuscate - big vocabularies are cool!<br /><br />And second of all - Professional league games in any sport have long since ceased to be about nationality. Perhaps the elimination of anthems would bring a singing tradition to hockey, like there is in sport. <br /><br />Perhaps Lydon Slewidge could lead us Sens fans in a round of "Always look on the bright side of life.."Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044022606436833892noreply@blogger.com