worldcupblog.org - 10/17/2008
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Booing the National Anthem? France Says Next Time They’ll Take Their Ball and Go Home This video was taken before Tuesday’s France-Tunisia game at Stade de France in Paris. The Marseillaise, the French national anthem, was booed. Loudly. And the politicians are NOT happy about it. They’re so ...
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breitbart.com - 10/15/2008
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Any football match in France before which the
country's national anthem is booed will now be "immediately
stopped", French Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot said Wednesday after meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy. The dramatic move followed the ...
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France to halt games when anthem is booed
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Let’s scrap anthems before international matches
Reuters Soccer Blog —
... French politicians were outraged after the Marseillaise was booed by the large contingent of Tunisia fans before Tuesday’s friendly at the Stade de France. Sports minister Roselyne Bachelot said that France matches must be stopped if it happens again and French Football Federation chief Jean-Pierre Escalettes was summoned by President Nicolas Sarkozy for a meeting. Escalettes, however, warned of potential security problems if the threat was carried out.“You can’t take a decision like that without having guarantees in terms of security,” he said. “You can’t throw 50,000 ...
The French don't like their anthem booed
The Beautiful Game —
... when our national anthem is whistled will be stopped immediately,” [French Sports Minister Roselyne] Bachelot said after talks with Sarkozy and French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. Government members will immediately leave the arena where our national anthem has been whistled. When whistling of our national anthem happens, all friendly games with the country concerned will be suspended for a period yet to be determined by the federation president.”The Offside has the story and the explanation for the behavior. Some imperialism stuff. ...
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The Offside —
... was this (roughly translated) hilarious little throw-away:“As a bonus, get the newest “I Learn to Whistle” CD: “I learn to Whistle…the Marseillaise.” Get it? Get it? (Well, fine. Maybe you have to be a France fan for this to be really funny. But I personally nearly ruptured something laughing.)
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