Gestures for the the Queen before West Ham game

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Jacko93 said:
What a ridiculous statement.

How about we stop politicising football and allow people to just enjoy sport. The only time any sort of national anthem should be played at a sporting event, is during international competition and, even then I'd question it.

I don't understand why football has taken it upon themselves to force us to mourn the death of an old woman. Its not like nobody has had a chance to do it. They could go walk past her coffin if they really want to. Just play football FFS.

Id even go so far as to say that if you feel you need to use football as a platform to mourn, then football isn't for you.
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Who's forcing you to mourn again?

I guess we shouldn't have done that whole "he's not heavy he's my brother" thing the other year either then?

And I hope you were this vocal about taking the knee as well.

Such a small thing, a minutes silence and the national anthem to mark the passing of the monarch of this country.

Absolutely pathetic the amount of outrage coming from people considering it costs them absolutely nothing.
 
Connor said:
FWIW, I’ve always booed the national anthem at the cricket and there’s never been an issue.

I think it would look very bad on Goodison if people had a problem with the boos
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We are only allowed boo our own players. Not a 96 year old millionaire who wouldn't get out of bed for a working class person.
 

Alanbileysfeathercut said:
Scottish folk hate most things English, but all follow English teams.
I often ask how that works, normal answer...that's different.
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Did you see the streets lined with people in Edinburgh and the crowd laying into the one guy who decided a funeral procession was the time to shout about the family pedo?

Its about respecting processions in another country when you visit said country. I wouldn't boo the RoI anthem if I was at Landsdown Road or wherever after the President of Ireland dies.

Just a bit cheap and honestly shows a lack of emotional intelligence.
 
Paul Rideout said:
Did you see the streets lined with people in Edinburgh and the crowd laying into the one guy who decided a funeral procession was the time to shout about the family pedo?

Its about respecting processions in another country when you visit said country. I wouldn't boo the RoI anthem if I was at Landsdown Road or wherever after the President of Ireland dies.

Just a bit cheap and honestly shows a lack of emotional intelligence.
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I dare say that would have been a different scenario if that event happened one hour away in Glasgow.
 
Jacko93 said:
The national anthem should never be the national anthem. Might as well have Happy Birthday as the national anthem. It should be a song about the country or its people, not its ruler. If it was, there would be much less animosity over the national anthem itself.

However, as it is, you wont find me singing it as I despise the monarchy and the whole class system that it represents.

I'll just remain silent though, there's no need for me to advertise my dislike, those how it matters to already know my position.
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As it should be.

Don’t sing it by all means and debate why you hate it which is fair enough, I’m not much of a royalist so I probably won’t be singing it but I wouldn’t boo it either.

Probably be on my phone engaging in pornhub rather than mournhub :coffee:
 
As it happens it's a moot point, because I won't be at Goodison on Sunday. (and for once, I am actually glad about that.)
Would I have joined in any booing during a minutes silence? NO
Would I observe a minutes silence? NO
Would I join in any booing at the National Anthem? HELL YES.
I would NOT see that in any way as being direspectful to a recently deceased person. I had no feelings one way or the other about the death of this woman that I didn't know.
I certainly didn't celebrate her death (unlike Thatcher when I was deliberately disrespectful and proud of it)
I would view booing (as childish as some may see it) during the anthem as the only way of showing my utter contempt for the system of Monarchy.
If people wish to show their support for Royalty (at a football match FFS) then they shouldn't be surprised if others want to display their lack of support by booing.
 

I'm not a monarchist - I think it's damaging for everyone, including the members of the royal family.

The woman put the graft in for 70 years. A short silence to respect that isn't much to ask.
 
kev said:
As it happens it's a moot point, because I won't be at Goodison on Sunday. (and for once, I am actually glad about that.)
Would I have joined in any booing during a minutes silence? NO
Would I observe a minutes silence? NO
Would I join in any booing at the National Anthem? HELL YES.
I would NOT see that in any way as being direspectful to a recently deceased person. I had no feelings one way or the other about the death of this woman that I didn't know.
I certainly didn't celebrate her death (unlike Thatcher when I was deliberately disrespectful and proud of it)
I would view booing (as childish as some may see it) during the anthem as the only way of showing my utter contempt for the system of Monarchy.
If people wish to show their support for Royalty (at a football match FFS) then they shouldn't be surprised if others want to display their lack of support by booing.
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So it's fine if people show their disdain at a football match then?
 

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