RedskinRat
09-13-2011, 02:27 PM
Although I understand the respect and acting mature bit, but if someone else is being loud or not standing up it should not automatically lead to confrontation.
And this is the attitude that has led to people 'believeing' they have the right to be a horses ass in public.
Anyone else on here remember a time (as a child) when if you publicly ****ed up you'd get swatted by the nearest responsible adult then doubled down on when you got home? I don't recall too many kids dying from that, do you? Well, now the generations of 'No Spanking' kids are middle-aged (like me) and have the same level of respect for others who don't share their viewpoint.
If you don't want to acknowledge the anthem or similar, don't be around it when it starts, go to the bathroom or stay home.
Since public administering of discipline became 'wrong' when the hippies took over we've seen a decline in polite behavior. I'm sure someone will have a contrary opinion, let's hear it.
BringBackJoeT
09-13-2011, 02:41 PM
I would agree that not standing during the anthem, or wearing a visiting team's jersey, should not serve as automatic confrontation triggers. But the sum total of this guy's approach--wearing a Cowboy's jersey to the Jets game, not being quiet during the Anthem on a day in which he and anyone with an ounce of intelligence knew there would extra sensitivity attached to it, and, to boot, bringing a stun gun along with him--seems to show that he went to the game looking for a little trouble, possibly a lot of it. A deliberate attempt to goad other people can't be disguised as a principled expression of a political or religious belief.
Monkeydad
09-13-2011, 02:45 PM
Seriously. It happens at like every game I go to and it's just annoying. I mean what purpose does it serve? Just stand there and be silent, or sing the words along quietly, but be respectful.
On a side note even though Ne-Yo was taking a lot of shit for doing the National Anthem, I really enjoyed it. He didn't try to put his own personal touch on it, he sung it the way it was meant to be sung, and it sounded way better than when Jordan Sparks did it at the GB-NO game.
After I said "WHO? Oh yeah, he was on the Fresh Beat Band show...", I thought he did a great job. The best renditions are those that are not embellished and are sung simply and properly. He had a good voice too.
Christina AAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGUUUUU-UUU-UUUU-LLLLLLLIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH-RARARARARARARAAAAAAAA is an example of the worst possible kind of singer.
Alvin Walton
09-13-2011, 02:45 PM
I gotta believe he brought that taser because he was knew he was going to wear his colors to hostile territory. If he was wearing neutral colors he prolly would have been treated differently.
I learned my lesson on that when I wore my Redskins coat to a Bears game at Soldier Field.
I almost got thrown off a pedestrian bridge.
firstdown
09-14-2011, 01:35 PM
Its getting as bad as soccer.
Monkeydad
09-14-2011, 03:30 PM
I learned my lesson on that when I wore my Redskins coat to a Bears game at Soldier Field.
I almost got thrown off a pedestrian bridge.
Maybe they just don't like mustard.
Maybe they just don't like mustard.
nah, they love mustard in Chicago. They do hate ketchup though so you might be on to something.
NC_Skins
09-14-2011, 08:06 PM
effin idiots
Pretty much.
At this stage in the game, why even bother going to an opponents stadium to see your team. Not even worth it imo.
mooby
09-14-2011, 11:22 PM
Pretty much.
At this stage in the game, why even bother going to an opponents stadium to see your team. Not even worth it imo.
I would depending on the opponent. I've only been to fedex field, and I would welcome the opportunity to see other NFL stadiums. I've considered getting tickets to a skins game when they play the panthers, but the opportunity hasn't arisen yet. I'd prob do Baltimore for a game too if the timing was right.