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Edwird -> RE: NBA Player Baltantly Disrespects Canada (5/8/2016 10:25:28 PM)
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ORIGINAL: outlier
I am putting this here because it does have political implications.
ONLY to a politico fuckwit would this 'action' have any "-political implications-." What? we gonna defend ourselves against Canadian bombs or economic sanctions, now?
In the first place, there are more than a few American (or European), or other athletes, in a variety of countries who, by look on their face, tolerate their own or any other national anthem as best they can, having to suffer through that 16 or 82 or 162 times a year, (though the suffering continues if they make the playoffs).
Any national anthem I've heard in my life constitutes the greatest offense to those with any good musical sense at all, but let's leave that for another day. Though we can't leave it there with out answering the question of why the musically inclined athletes oftentimes have such pained looks on their face in that ritual ordeal. So often given a zoom shot taken as expression of 'deep patriotism.'
Wade was, if anything (at worst), trying to disrespect, discredit, or possibly 'intimidate' the other team, who cares fuckall about Canada, the US, or whatever or whomever else. I agree, though, that his never having taking practice shots during a musical or (heaven help us) a vocal rendition of the American national anthem proves that he didn't have the best intention at heart. (Though, do we have that as actual fact, every game he ever played?)
Other than to say that outright disrespect of Canada itself, as a nation, was nearly impossible as any precise motive in this case.
WHEN are you people going to STFU and go away?
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