EPL to play French National Anthem before matches this weekend

[jdships]

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I blame social media, it's almost like a compassion competition, it's all a bit tacky.

Y'know , I think there is a " grain of truth" in your post

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I tend to agree. But as a lover of France and the French national anthem I'm always happy to hear La Marseillaise being sung, and I'm happy to see a show of solidarity with Parisians but it does seem a little strange from the English, they often seem to love a dig at the French. It seems that racism is prohibited in England, unless it's aimed at the French, Germans or Americans.

Or the Scots ...

The backside of this Corporate Compulsory Compassionate Solidarity Syndrome is that when an expression of respect IS asked for in regard to a legitimate issue, some people will feel much less inclined to co-operate. So now in stead of a dignified silence (which is the right way to do things IMO) we have a crowd standing self-consciously applauding someone who's just died, and everyone watching everyone else to make sure they ARE standing applauding and not just sitting reading their newspaper. Like at a war memorial and someone comes over afterwards and wants to know why you weren't singing the Betty Windsor Lied.

You know the story of the first occasion Joe Stalin addressed the CPSU as General Secretary and Big Brother? He spoke for about three and a half hours, and when he finished everyone in the hall left to his or her feet applauding enthusiastically.

After about ten minutes people began to look anxious - sideways glances, hands getting sore, the applause becoming more and more laboured. But on they clapped. Nobody wanted to be the first to stop applauding the Boss.

Twenty minutes went by. Still they applauded. Still Stalin stood at the podium, looking over the audience, smiling that nasty evil smile of his.

Finally one of the party bosses behind him on the platform stopped clapping his hands. Everyone else sighed with relief and slowly the applause ceased.

Guess who was missing from the platform party the following morning?

A sudden heart attack, I understand.

The sort of thing that can so easily happen when a 9mm round violently enters the back of your skull and bounces around reducing your brain to mush.

Not there yet, of course, but we're getting there.

[CropleyWasGod]

Whatever happened to yon poster Doddie?

Was it a heart attack, right enough?

[Cropley10]

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The downing of the Malysaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 298 people, including 80 children. A large number of them from The Netherlands, which is just as close to the UK and even closer to Scotland.

Did we have a minutes silence at all games, website displayng the Dutch Flag, clubs playing 'Het Wilhelmus' before games?

Superb point.

Utterly cringeworthy, but a sign of the times.

[Scouse Hibee]

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I tend to agree. But as a lover of France and the French national anthem I'm always happy to hear La Marseillaise being sung, and I'm happy to see a show of solidarity with Parisians but it does seem a little strange from the English, they often seem to love a dig at the French. It seems that racism is prohibited in England, unless it's aimed at the French, Germans or Americans.

So far off the mark, there was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman.......................................... ......

[HibbiesandtheBaddies]

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The downing of the Malysaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 298 people, including 80 children. A large number of them from The Netherlands, which is just as close to the UK and even closer to Scotland.

Did we have a minutes silence at all games, website displayng the Dutch Flag, clubs playing 'Het Wilhelmus' before games?

Papal conspiracy?


Why did Britain not declare war against Germany after they had invaded Poland?

or Denmark
or Norway
or the Netherlands?
maybe it's a cumulative effect

"stop invading countries or we might do something..."

Might just be a normal human reaction to decide after a number of attrocities to make a gesture. Doesn't necessarily mean you value one life less than another

I don't necessarily agree with the EPL's gesture, I'm referring to the wider media coverage the Paris incidents received over the Malaysia Airlines disaster.

[O'Rourke3]

PL decides to do something and Rupert Murdoch's Sky as a main sponsor. Call me cynical but there's a connection. Problem is non compliance makes you as an individual out as an uncaring extremist sympathiser. It's up there with "When did you stop beating your wife?"

[God Petrie]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_sickness

[greenlad]

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BBC reporting that it will be played at all SPFL Grounds this weekend also

That will delight alot of you on here

Didn't hear it at Alloa yesterday? Quietly shelved?

[Canon Hannan]

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Its an old arguement but will they play Kenyan Palestina syrian etc etc national anthems i think not. Why should one nations people be more valued than others?

Well said. Surely the Russian National anthem should have been played for the 250 who were murdered on the plane?
I don't get it.

[Baldy Foghorn]

What do you think of Hamilton AFC Today?

[Canon Hannan]

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What do you think of Hamilton AFC Today?

As an OGC Nice supporter, French friends and lived there.......too much.

[Scorrie]

Noticed that they played the French anthem at the Dumbarton Raith Rovers match

[Hibby Bairn]

All a bit bizarre.

[hibsbollah]

Watching St Etienne Marseille, great atmosphere, St Ettienne have the Eiffel tower peace sign on the front of their strips, looks really good. Diarras first game since his cousins shooting.

[hfc rd]

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Watching St Etienne Marseille, great atmosphere, St Ettienne have the Eiffel tower peace sign on the front of their strips, looks really good. Diarras first game since his cousins shooting.

I'm sure he played in the England friendly last week?

[Sir David Gray]

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I'm sure he played in the England friendly last week?

He did, he came on as a substitute.

[hibsbollah]

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He did, he came on as a substitute.

Tonight is his first OM game since the shooting.

[Sir David Gray]

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Tonight is his first OM game since the shooting.

I realise that, I'm just confirming to hfc rd that he was right to think that Diarra played for France last week.

[hibsbollah]

Regardless, the shirts look extremely cool as well as being a nice tribute to the victims.

[jacomo]

Suicide bombers did try to attack a football match in Paris 12 days ago. Had they succeeded, and the bomb gone off in the crowd rather than outside the ground, I doubt many people would have been moaning about hearing the Marseillaise last weekend.

I get the sense of injustice, that some victims of terrorist atrocities get more attention than others. People on here citing various downed airliners but can't even name or count endless terrorist atrocities across ME and Africa in the past month alone.

It's not fair. But it seems to me that football had a direct link to the attack in Paris. I don't have a problem with football acknowledging that.

[Baldy Foghorn]

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Suicide bombers did try to attack a football match in Paris 12 days ago. Had they succeeded, and the bomb gone off in the crowd rather than outside the ground, I doubt many people would have been moaning about hearing the Marseillaise last weekend.

I get the sense of injustice, that some victims of terrorist atrocities get more attention than others. People on here citing various downed airliners but can't even name or count endless terrorist atrocities across ME and Africa in the past month alone.

It's not fair. But it seems to me that football had a direct link to the attack in Paris. I don't have a problem with football acknowledging that.

Good post