I'm not an American but....

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Question: do Canadians do the "hand over the heart" for the beautiful "O, Canada"?

No, that's pretty much an American (US) thing.

Here we just stand, those who actually know the words sing along, and after it's done playing we all clap our hands like idiots.




If they didn't play the national anthem at sporting events some people would never ever hear it.

It's played during the Olympics for each country, as well as world soccer games where teams represent their countries, so I suppose it just carried over to all other sports.

[Red]

I don't think the Jose' Feliciano analogy is completely correct. It's not the fact that the song was changed. It's who they picked to sing it that I find offensive. The man is a child molester for fuck's sake. In this country, even if it's just a boxing match, being asked to sing the National Anthem for a media event is considered, by most Americans, an honor and you would think that the promoters would have put some thought into who they hired.

[PornoDoggy]

Originally Posted by Red

I don't think the Jose' Feliciano analogy is completely correct. It's not the fact that the song was changed. It's who they picked to sing it that I find offensive. The man is a child molester for fuck's sake. In this country, even if it's just a boxing match, being asked to sing the National Anthem for a media event is considered, by most Americans, an honor and you would think that the promoters would have put some thought into who they hired.

Yeah, it's really hurt his record sales, hasn't it.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

Yeah, it's really hurt his record sales, hasn't it.

"And the children call him famous,
what the old men call insane"