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The real pressing question is, who the fuck plays a national anthem for anything other national teams? How deranged of a society one has to live in to think this kind of brainwashing is normal. Holy Dr House, It's collective dementia.
It's just what they do in the NHL. Any time a US and Canadian team play each other, they play both anthems. You know, out of the mutual respect we felt for each other until about two days ago.
M8, let me tell you about the UEFA champions league, FIBA BCL, et al. It's not a national team, playing the anthem is levels of deranged that shouldn't exist in a civilised society. Don't let yourself be numbed into thinking that's normal, it Isn't. That's a 3rd reich levels of nationalism. Holy shit.
While I agree with the gist of what you're saying, rioting because your favourite sportsball team lost is also deranged shit that shouldn't exist in a civilized society. It might not be nationalism to a country but it sure as shit comes from the same place, maybe just with a little more gang mentality thrown in.