Would you find this disrespectful?

Question

I was recently at a San Jose Sharks game and I personally thought this was very un-called for. The opponents were the Dallas Stars. The stadium was standing for our National Anthem. And every time the lady sang the word stars the entire stadium booed. I personally find it disrespectful when people talk or do not take their hats off while this song is playing. So would you find it disrespectful that a stadium full of people booed during this time?

Okay I understand that this is a free country. I lived here my whole life and love that part of it. However, our freedom came with a price. OUR National Anthem is a way to show our respect for the men who fought to make us free and the men & women who still defend our freedom.

Answer 1

Yes, I would find it extremely disrespectful.

And in response to some of the answers upstairs: the question was NOT whether people had the RIGHT to do it, it was whether or not it was disrespectful. And If Dallas Star's fans are screaming when they say "Stars" that is ALSO disrespectful, and two wrongs do not make it right.

And while we're at it, the same goes for booing another Countries' anthem, screaming obscenities or shouting player's names. The Anthem is NOT the time and place for such things, you have another 60 minutes coming. Such things give a negative impression to families with children or people seeing their first hockey game (and the sport is having ENOUGH image problems as it is). Let's TRY to act like adults.

Answer 2

Well here in Dallas every SCREAMS stars when the word star is mentioned in the national anthem. However there are times when they do not (the first game of 2001 (following 9-11), or if there is a pregame mention of the troops or an American legend who is being honored). I don't have a problem with it so long as the people cheering or booing realize that the values of liberty allow them that right.

Answer 3

I think their "booing" in part has to do with the tradition in Dallas of the whole crowd yelling "stars" every time the word stars is sung in the anthem.

Is that equally as disrespectful? I think it is.

My belief is that everyone should stand quietly in honor of the anthem being sung.

Here's something more disrespectful....I am in Buffalo and when you go to a Sabres game they sing both the US and Canadian national anthems at every game. When the Toronto Maple Leafs are in town, a large contingent of their fans leave their hats on and remain seated during the US national anthem. It's not all the Leafs' fans that do this, but a number of them do.

Then they get pissed drunk and throw food (i.e. pretzels, etc.) and start fights in the crowd...but that's another story.

Answer 4

Yes it is very disrespectful. I'm sure they think they are being "cute" or some other dumb idea behind it. Really though they are just showing total disrespect to the National Anthem. Although not as bad as at the Superbowl yesterday. They were holding a moment of silence and you could clearly hear people talking in the backround, and people were also talking in the backround during the National Anthem as well.

Answer 5

Its pretty bad when an opposing team from another country will get their anthem booed - but the same country for both teams and the people still Boo? Lack of respect - and pretty sad actually. If people have political issues - keep them at home. Its a free world though, nothing you can do.

Answer 6

It was actually in response to what Dallas fans do during the anthem in Dallas: they yell STARS! every time the word occurs in the song. I think that's just as disrespectful (meaning: not very, because I think our anthem sucks and is just a SONG, for crying out loud).

Superficial "patriotic" things like singing the anthem and putting a flag on your car antenna mean nothing if you don't actually back it up with intelligent thought, understanding of current events and past history, and voting.

Answer 7

I don't get it. Why would americans be booing their own anthem? And, yes, that is very disrespectful. Now you know how Canadians feel when you booed our anthem in the playoffs last year when the Oilers were facing the Ducks. And we still cheered yours on on our soil with a little thing called CLASS.

Answer 8

This was almost as disrespectful as the "mistake" the American soldiers made when the Canadian Flag was raised upside down or when the USA hockey team put our flag on the dressing room floor and walked on it at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Utah.
I would never disrespect another countries anthem or flag.
I, like my fellow Canadians would show them how it is done on the ice.

Answer 9

Absolutely. No one should boo during the national anthem of any country. I find it appalling that Americans would boo during their own anthem! Those sharks fans should be ashamed.

Answer 10

well i can almost relate to this...
i was at a pens game and for whatever reason at the begininng of the season, some epople thought that gonchar wasn't worth what he was being paid. and during the national anthem someone decided to be stupid and very disrespectful and scream "you suck gonchar" it was rude for any person especially if you were a fan. i think that those kind of people are taking our freedom for granit.and that they don't understand that the song is our little thanks to all of those who fell before us. it was very disrespectful of the audiance to boo the stars...i mean it was sorta funny but no, not the place.