I read a news report on Drudge today talking about the French national anthem being booed at soccer matches apparantly quite often these days. One of the politicians refers to it as a failure of multi-culturalism. I couldn't post the link, but if someone here could go to Matt Drudge and post the link it would be well worth the read for most of us here.
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Colonel_Reb
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I haven't visited Drudge's site, but I did find some links at Vanguard and Stormfront. Here they are. Just more proof that multiculturalism/integration/tolerance is a wash.
From Stormfront:
Here is the video. Remember, this is IN FRANCE! You can cut towards the end to see the booing of the French anthem. First they show the players in the tunnel, then play the Tunisian anthem (which is applauded), then last the French anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtBbtWn1To
From Vanguard:
<DIV id=post_message_857898>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 booing of "La Marseillaise" during France's 3-1 friendly win over Tunisia at the Stade de France in Paris on Tuesday.
"Any match when our national anthem is whistled will be stopped immediately," 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 antional anthem happens, all friendly games with the country concerned will be suspended for a period yet to be determined by the federation president."
"The president has committed himself to seeing that measures are taken," said Escalettes, who said the authorities had to think of the security implications if such behaviour were allowed to pass.
He blamed "imbecilic" fans for forcing the crackdown which he said left both him and the players scandalised and hurt.
Sarkozy and fellow politicians reacted with shock and anger at the booing and whistling.
Bernard Laporte, the ministerial secretary of state for sport, told Radio Monte Carlo he would suggest that France no longer play friendlies against North African countries following similar problems in recent years against Algeria and Morocco - like Tunisia, once former colonies of France.
"Let's stop the hypocrisy - let's just stop doing these matches," said Laporte.
"We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered."
Many of the 60,000 crowd on Tuesday were Tunisian - friendlies against North African sides traditionally attract widespread support from sizeable immigrant communities in and around the French capital.
Some booed when the names of the French players were read out over the PA system before kickoff, reaching a crescendo for Hatem Ben Arfa, born in France to Tunisian parents and who opted to play for the country of his birth despite overtures from the Tunisian Federation.
French Prime Minister François Fillon said the booing was "insulting for France and for the French players" and that in the event of a repeat it would be necessary "to call off matches."
Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Front, said the jeering was proof of the failure of multiculturalism, insisting the "integration of foreign masses to our culture culture is a failure as it is a utopia".
Racism in football has regularly reared its head and earlier this week Spain's Atletico Madrid were handed a two-match Champions League stadium ban for alleged racist insults by its supporters against Marseille players.
But Le Pen charged that sporting authorities seeking to combat racism in stadiums were less interested when it came to "anti-French racism."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
From Stormfront:
Here is the video. Remember, this is IN FRANCE! You can cut towards the end to see the booing of the French anthem. First they show the players in the tunnel, then play the Tunisian anthem (which is applauded), then last the French anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtBbtWn1To
From Vanguard:
<DIV id=post_message_857898>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 booing of "La Marseillaise" during France's 3-1 friendly win over Tunisia at the Stade de France in Paris on Tuesday.
"Any match when our national anthem is whistled will be stopped immediately," 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 antional anthem happens, all friendly games with the country concerned will be suspended for a period yet to be determined by the federation president."
"The president has committed himself to seeing that measures are taken," said Escalettes, who said the authorities had to think of the security implications if such behaviour were allowed to pass.
He blamed "imbecilic" fans for forcing the crackdown which he said left both him and the players scandalised and hurt.
Sarkozy and fellow politicians reacted with shock and anger at the booing and whistling.
Bernard Laporte, the ministerial secretary of state for sport, told Radio Monte Carlo he would suggest that France no longer play friendlies against North African countries following similar problems in recent years against Algeria and Morocco - like Tunisia, once former colonies of France.
"Let's stop the hypocrisy - let's just stop doing these matches," said Laporte.
"We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered."
Many of the 60,000 crowd on Tuesday were Tunisian - friendlies against North African sides traditionally attract widespread support from sizeable immigrant communities in and around the French capital.
Some booed when the names of the French players were read out over the PA system before kickoff, reaching a crescendo for Hatem Ben Arfa, born in France to Tunisian parents and who opted to play for the country of his birth despite overtures from the Tunisian Federation.
French Prime Minister François Fillon said the booing was "insulting for France and for the French players" and that in the event of a repeat it would be necessary "to call off matches."
Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Front, said the jeering was proof of the failure of multiculturalism, insisting the "integration of foreign masses to our culture culture is a failure as it is a utopia".
Racism in football has regularly reared its head and earlier this week Spain's Atletico Madrid were handed a two-match Champions League stadium ban for alleged racist insults by its supporters against Marseille players.
But Le Pen charged that sporting authorities seeking to combat racism in stadiums were less interested when it came to "anti-French racism."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Jimmy Chitwood
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as Amren's Jared Taylor has asked time and again in various debates, are these the strengths of diversity that i keep being told about?
France has always been proud of itself, and with good reason. The French team has always (up to a few years ago) been proud of itself, and with good reason. Suddenly, with an increasing non-white population, this pride is dissapearing...coincidence? I think not. I only hope that there love of soccer may lead them to putting together an all white French team which, in my mind, would instantly be a favorite for the World Cup.