American national anthem at WSOP main event???

[Quicksilvre]

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What I find hilarious is the pathetic obsession Europeans have with our country.

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What I find funny is the passion of most of these posters. It's just a bloody song, for chissakes. It's bringing out the worst in both the Americans and the Europeans here.

[betgo]

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To get hung up on this is simply juvenile and ridiculous, will you ever stop complaining about your invented oppression under the US superpower?

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Some people think we are imperialistic due to Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., so they blow something like this out of proportion.

[sbu97]

It isn't "just a bloody song" to many, and I understand the anger being expressed on this page. I find it interesting that so many of the posters who I assume are Americans have stated they wouldn't even consider being disrespectful of another countries anthem at a foreign event, yet others, who I assume are not Americans, find the anthem disrespectful in some way. There is an old saying that says "Europeans think Americans are only good for buying their products and jumping into foxholes." After reading this post and watching the BBC for many years, I think there is a lot of truth to that statement.