Will the French Skaters Be Welcome in Washington?

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<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>It wouldn't surprise me one bit if the audience starts to "boo" when a French skater takes the ice, this is, after all, America, the land of intolerance. I see it everyday, people going out of their way to make someone feel different or to be callous towards someone. To be honest, I expect boos.[/quote]
In this land of Freedom Fries and fake patriotism, let's hope boos are the worse thing the French skaters get.

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Five will get me fifty that I'm probably THE most politically incorrect poster on this board. Having said that, I feel the French skaters have nothing to worry about. What do they have to do with foreign policy? Nothing. What do American skating fans care about foreign policy when the Worlds are on? Not much.

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The problem will come if some skater says something political. So far, the skating world has managed to keep their focus on figurekskating and has refrained from using their fame for spouting their personal political views.

My opinion is that as long as everyone behaves perhaps the audience will follow suit.

Fingers crossed!

Dizzy

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The New York Islanders and Star Spangled Banner were booed and heckled at a hockey game in Canada over the weekend --

Darn it! I knew being nice to New Yorkers wouldn't stay 'fashionable' for long <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\">

Hopefully the same behavior will not be present at The World Championships of Figure Skating. But if so, at least we'll only be as bad as our neighbors to the north.

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I don't think that the Dixie chick said that she was ashamed to come from Texas, just that she"s ashamed of Bush.
But she appoligized for being disrespectful, I think she realized that she's only a singer and it wasn't her place to make a political statement. But, I don't think the yahoos will forgive her, once they start up the hatred, it goes on and on.
And yes, I think some of the backers of this war will probably exhibit some of their loutish behavior when the French skaters are introduced. Yahoos rarely let an opportunity pass, if there's a chance to express themselves and show how small they are. And they will never appoligize. after all, as Bush has said, he feels that God has appointed him to do this, and they belive him.
So if there are many of that type in the crowd, there will probably be some embarassing moments in DC.

BTW, I'm also ashamed of Bush, but I'll spare you my long list of reasons for my displeasure with him.

3axel

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actually she did say "I'm ashamed to come from the same state as President Bush" the state being Texas. She did apologize and I for one, forgive her. But I was ever mad at her in the first place so I guess that doesn't count.

all it takes is one yahoo to ruin everything - the majority will be civil and hopefully cheers will drown out any boos.