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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee apparently, they played God Bless america or something after every inning  |
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| Originally posted by infinity HiGH what happend at the baseball game? how did they involve politics into it? As for the booing; anyone know if the NJ fans booed the Canadian anthem in last nights hockey game? |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee apparently, they played God Bless america or something after every inning |
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| Originally posted by contemplator The circumstances of any war is critical for the Nation involved, and may effect their livlihood. Ignoring such matters is a rude IMO towards the soliders, who are fighting for the citizens rights to play and watch sports, and live freely. |
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| Originally posted by discojoe In their own country fine, but not in someone elses. Nobody would like it if the NHL were a russian or Chinese run league and they sang their national anthem during our periods to support their war cry. It's just not appropriate. |
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| Originally posted by contemplator Hmmmm... But they are part of an American sports league though, and must follow the guidelines as every other team. Not everyone Canadian dislikes the league playing god bless america... And if china ran the leafs, then we should pay respects to china for running the NHL... |
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| Originally posted by Time2Burn You make a good point... Not every Canadian dislikes the league playing god bless America. And not every Canadian approves of it either; Nor does every American or every Baseball player for that matter. Like I said before it is my belief that sport and politics don't mix. Sure it is inevitable sometimes like the Oylmpics or something. But For the most part people turn to sport as entertainment a way to escape the realities of the world. Imposing conformity amoung all fans and players is something that should never happen but unfortunetly does sometimes. |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee apparently, they played God Bless america or something after every inning |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee apparently, they played God Bless america or something after every inning |
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| Originally posted by infinity HiGH ugh...you gotta be fucking kidding me... *gives a middle finger salute to the US* |
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| Originally posted by TuanAnh213 apparently you're a dumbfuck and don't know shit they sing the anthem before the game and god bless america during the 7th inning stretch think or research before you fucking post next time |
Yah i read that about the 7th ending thing, and i think it is dumb. Why should we have to sing that song, are we American? i think the answer there is no. By not singing it are we being desrespectful, no because were the song to be sung becuase we wanted to that would be kool, but this is a joke, it is getting to the point now, were all these actions are fake, when you are forced to do something it is meaningless. They can do it in the US, if they want, if they get a song that we do not sing be sung in canada we should get a song sung there. I think the anthemns is enough.
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By Ellen Dunst
As Americans, we have a right to question our government and its actions. However, while there is a time to criticize, there is also a time to follow in complacent silence. And that time is now.
It's one thing to question our leaders in the days leading up to a war. But it is another thing entirely to do it during a war. Once the blood of young men starts to spill, it is our duty as citizens not to challenge those responsible for spilling that blood. We must remove the boxing gloves and put on the kid gloves. That is why, in this moment of crisis, I should not be allowed to say the following things about America:
Why do we purport to be fighting in the name of liberating the Iraqi people when we have no interest in violations of human rights—as evidenced by our habit of looking the other way when they occur in China, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Syria, Burma, Libya, and countless other countries? Why, of all the brutal regimes that regularly violate human rights, do we only intervene militarily in Iraq? Because the violation of human rights is not our true interest here. We just say it is as a convenient means of manipulating world opinion and making our cause seem more just.
That is exactly the sort of thing I should not say right now.
This also is not the time to ask whether diplomacy was ever given a chance. Or why, for the last 10 years, Iraq has been our sworn archenemy, when during the 15 years preceding it we traded freely in armaments and military aircraft with the evil and despotic Saddam Hussein. This is the kind of question that, while utterly valid, should not be posed right now.
And I certainly will not point out our rapid loss of interest in the establishment of democracy in Afghanistan once our fighting in that country was over. We sure got out of that place in a hurry once it became clear that the problems were too complex to solve with cruise missiles.
That sort of remark will simply have to wait until our boys are safely back home.
Here's another question I won't ask right now: Could this entire situation have been avoided in the early 1990s had then-U.S. ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie not been given sub rosa instructions by the Bush Administration to soft-pedal a cruel dictator? Such a question would be tantamount to sedition while our country engages in bloody conflict. Just think how hurtful that would be to our military morale. I know I couldn't fight a war knowing that was the talk back home.
Is this, then, the appropriate time for me to ask if Operation Iraqi Freedom is an elaborate double-blind, sleight-of-hand misdirection ploy to con us out of inconvenient civil rights through Patriot Acts I and II? Should I wonder whether this war is an elaborate means of distracting the country while its economy bucks and lurches toward the brink of a full-blown depression? No and no.
True patriots know that a price of freedom is periodic submission to the will of our leaders—especially when the liberties granted us by the Constitution are at stake. What good is our right to free speech if our soldiers are too demoralized to defend that right, thanks to disparaging remarks made about their commander-in-chief by the Dixie Chicks?
When the Founding Fathers authored the Constitution that sets forth our nation's guiding principles, they made certain to guarantee us individual rights and freedoms. How dare we selfishly lay claim to those liberties at the very moment when our nation is in crisis, when it needs us to be our most selfless? We shame the memory of Thomas Jefferson by daring to mention Bush's outright lies about satellite photos that supposedly prove Iraq is developing nuclear weapons.
At this difficult time, President Bush needs my support. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld needs my support. General Tommy Franks needs my support. It is not my function as a citizen in a participatory democracy to question our leaders. And to exercise my constitutional right—nay, duty—to do so would be un-American.
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| Originally posted by TuanAnh213 apparently you're a dumbfuck and don't know shit they sing the anthem before the game and god bless america during the 7th inning stretch think or research before you fucking post next time |
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee holy fuckin bastard did u or did u not read the word "apparently"???? shows how mature u are to decently say that i was wrong.... since when is god bless america the national anthem??? |
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| Originally posted by Time2Burn LOL Liam... You were wrong admit it!! |
Grrr stubborn Liam:
He was refering to this post:
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee apparently, they played God Bless america or something after every inning |
Can't we all get along????
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| Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee i know that oh jose can u see or watever it is, is the national anthem..know what i was sayin( typical) |
What the longest thread ever on TA?
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| Originally posted by Wurm What the longest thread ever on TA? |
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| Originally posted by discojoe the longest thread on here was probably the one on sexy raver girls 30+ pages I think... how fitting hehe |
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| Originally posted by Time2Burn It once was. Chain Question Thread is the new king. |
Down with america!
Up with canada!
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