Well, lets not paint a biased picture here. So far we have had examples of mainly the big bad Americans picking on those poor little Canadians. Lets not be so silly. It is a 2 way street and as a wrestling fan I have seen probably 1,000 times more mob nationalism on WWF Canadian broadcasts. This ranges from booing, to flag waving, to spitting, etc.
This is also done completely out of the context of the current storylines. The Canadian fans simply cheer for whoever is Canadian and boo anyone who wrestles them. I also remember this happening not too long after 9/11.
Now I'm not saying that Canadians are bad people, but just that mob psychology goes both ways and is not a trademark of only America.
I also didn't hear about the Canadians being killed by friendly fire until I read this thread, so odds are that many of them didn't either. They would have booed anything that was not oriented with the Detroit Pistons.
Geez, I mean thank God it wasn't at a pro lacrosse game. They REALLY lay into the other teams at those games.
I support booing. Take a chill pill. This is a GAME, NOT real life. If this was in Canada and they booed OUR national anthem, I would have laughed. Americans are VERY competetive, and this competetiveness is what has built America into the world leading nation that it is.
While this may come out in ugly ways at times, but I would rather tolerate the ugliness and keep our competetive nature.
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