Originally posted by gdub520: oh yeah, what kind of person are these pro/anti war posts about
Let's forget for a minute whose citizens booed another country's national anthem. A select group of "people" disrespected another country's anthem, end of story. It really doesn't matter where they were from, it shows no class and they were wrong to do it. Period.
So to answer your question, these posts are all about categorizing the many by the actions of the few - painting the entire population with the same stereotypical brush. That doesn't make you any better than the idiots doing the booing, and it certainly doesn't make you any more right.
Don't be so quick to apologize for those in Canada who "dare" to emulate and put into action the USA's Constitutional principle of the right to free speech.
In expressing their objections to the actions of the Bush II administration, they are VALIDATING -- not challenging -- that fundamental principle of American democracy.
