Players refusing to sing the National anthem in protest

[Meth]

I'd love to see a Venn diagram of 'People who think Folau was exercising free speech' with 'People who think it's a disgrace they won't sing the anthem'.

(credit: @thorson1987 )

 

[TheFrog]

They could just stand there and not sing without the added attention.

The added attention is precisely the idea.

 

[betcats]

Just not sing.

As you say half the players from many countries in any number of sports don't sing for various reasons from not knowing the words to just not being in to singing.

TBH I don't know why they would make it public. They could just stand there and not sing without the added attention.

The added attention is the point of it.

 

[SharkShocked]

meh sing don't sing, don't care.

 

[t-ba]

If the don't like shit Theyould f**k off to wherever they ca...oh, Indigenous people are native to Australia?

Just change it to Waltzing Matilda already.

 

[SharkShocked]

What part of the anthem do they find problematic?

'advance australia fair' - advance all white australia
'young and free' - ignoring the long history of the first people of australia, they certainly would not believe they were free.

pretty sure those two are the main issues in terms of lyrics, but of course it's more what it does/doesn't stand for.

 

[LineBall]

Serious question. Why do we need to have the anthems for any event that is an all Australian fixture? Why not just for international fixtures?

 

[TheVelourFog]

Serious question. Why do we need to have the anthems for any event that is an all Australian fixture? Why not just for international fixtures?

Been annoyed about this for years

Its a shit anthem so rather not hear it more often than necessary

 

[Slackboy72]

Who cares? Nobody's paying to see them sing.

Yeah I'm not attached to the anthem like some sort of parochial rwnj.

 

[carcharias]

Girt is an olde English word, it's meaning obvious in the context of the song.

The problem in fact seems to be the word "young". Apparently aboriginal footballers object to being called young.



Australians all....

It doesn’t acknowledge Aboriginal people at all.
A bloody Scot wrote it in the the late 1800’s

 

[zombiebloodlust]

I'd love to see a Venn diagram of 'People who think Folau was exercising free speech' with 'People who think it's a disgrace they won't sing the anthem'.

 

[SBD82]

“When gallant Cook from Albion sailed,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Til he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;”

 

[betcats]

Its a shit anthem for sure. I wish I was indigeneous so I had a good reason to boycott the merkin of a song.

 

[SBD82]

Its a shit anthem for sure. I wish I was indigeneous so I had a good reason to boycott the merkin of a song.

Got any Irish heritage?

 

[t-ba]

“When gallant Cook from Albion sailed,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Til he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;”

Yeah the original slaps.

 

[perverse]

Shit song, shit history. Put it in the bin. Good on them for taking a public stand on it.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

whats the alternative?

That "we are one but we are many" song?

 

[betcats]

Got any Irish heritage?

Yes I sure do

 

[SBD82]

Yes I sure do

Surely that’s a good enough reason.

 

[t-ba]

whats the alternative?

That "we are one but we are many" song?

Sheep rustling suicide pact.