The message to those of us who live in the West is they really do hate us. How many times do they have to boo our natioal anthem, curse our religion, blow up our trains, planes and buildings, before we will understand?
This report is from the French blog No Pasaran:
Last night at the Stade de France, France's showcase stadium in Saint Denis (the notorious Nine-Three), France and Morocco played a 2-2 tie. Before the match, the French national anthem was widely booed by the French youths in attendance. French defender William Gallas, commenting the total absence of French flags in a sea of waving Moroccan flags, stated "I thought I was in Morocco."
This report is from the French blog No Pasaran:
Last night at the Stade de France, France's showcase stadium in Saint Denis (the notorious Nine-Three), France and Morocco played a 2-2 tie. Before the match, the French national anthem was widely booed by the French youths in attendance. French defender William Gallas, commenting the total absence of French flags in a sea of waving Moroccan flags, stated "I thought I was in Morocco."
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Last month I was in Paris. On our last night there, France's rugby team was playing New Zealand in the playoffs. We were having dinner in a French restaurant when the game came on television. Just before the game began, the French national anthem, "The Marseillaise" was played. The next table was filled with young French men and women and they sang along at the top of their lungs. It made me wish I knew the words so I could have joined in.
France went on to win the game.
That's good to hear.
This video is even stronger:
http://en.fdesouche.com/?p=43
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