Players refusing to sing the National anthem in protest

[betcats]

whats the alternative?

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

That would be better. Waltz sing matildas would be better. Shit it could be Khe Sahn and still be better.

 

[betcats]

Surely that’s a good enough reason.

Yeah I guess, id never really thought about it like that. My irish ancestors were convicts so its pretty far back.

 

[JamesRustle]

I just tune into Ch9 30 minutes after the scheduled kick-off time so I don't have to watch 5,000 commercials, listen to the jizz-fest from commentators, listen to aunt/uncles welcome to this patch of grass, or listen to the anthem.

I'll catch up on what I need to be offended about in this thread on Thursday morning.

 

[The Charlatan]

whats the alternative?

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

The stirring Sydney FC rendition is my favourite.

We are one,
But we are many;
And from all the lands on Earth we come.
We share a dream,
And sing with one voice;
I hate, you hate, we hate Victorians.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

I just tune into Ch9 30 minutes after the scheduled kick-off time so I don't have to watch 5,000 commercials, listen to the jizz-fest from commentators, listen to aunt/uncles welcome to this patch of grass, or listen to the anthem.

I'll catch up on what I need to be offended about in this thread on Thursday morning.

But then how will you know about the price of a KFC Family Feast, or how to cure a hard earned thirst?

 

[Fufu Andronez]

The stirring Sydney FC rendition is my favourite.

We are one,
But we are many;
And from all the lands on Earth we come.
We share a dream,
And sing with one voice;
I hate, you hate, we hate Victorians.

hahaha thats gold

 

[The Charlatan]

On topic, if the lads don't want to sing it, they shouldn't have to.

The last 200 years has been less than kind to them.

The anthem is shit, it should be Waltzing Matilda, and John Williamson should exclusively be only able to sing it.

 

[The Charlatan]

But then how will you know about the price of a KFC Family Feast, or how to cure a hard earned thirst?

He'll be full up on H'ordeurves and Chardy to be bothered for that.

 

[JamesRustle]

Good on them
The song is archaic and was from time long past.
The world has changed.
The kiwis do this stuff right.

Agree re: the Kiwis. I like the way they perform the first verse of the national anthem twice, first in Maori and then in English.

I think we should pen a new anthem, agreeable to a significant portion of the population, and sing it once in English and repeat it another in the 13 traditional Indigenous languages that are still taught.

 

[JamesRustle]

But then how will you know about the price of a KFC Family Feast, or how to cure a hard earned thirst?

It is ingrained as I've seen it so many times already... or I just check the app when ordering.

 

[Timbo]

“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;”

That's the original second verse - but check out verse five:

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Not the most inclusive of language there.

 

[JamesRustle]

He'll be full up on H'ordeurves and Chardy to be bothered for that.

Do Twisties fall into the category of H'ordeurves?

I save the chardy for after we've won. Nothing like skolling a bottle of chilled chardy in celebration.

 

[JamesRustle]

That's the original second verse - but check out verse five:

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Not the most inclusive of language there.

I've heard Dutton sing that verse in parliament.

 

[8Ball]

f**king hate politics in sport.

Watch the media beat this into a frenzy cause they know it'll get clicks. Scumbags

 

[The Charlatan]

Do Twisties fall into the category of H'ordeurves?

I save the chardy for after we've won. Nothing like skolling a bottle of chilled chardy in celebration.

So you're only eating marginally healthier than a family feast?

 

[LineBall]

whats the alternative?

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

What did Roy and HG used to play when the anthem was on?

 

[Timbo]

What did Roy and HG used to play when the anthem was on?

 

[This Year?]

Good on them for refusing to sing it. I never before thought about how the anthem doesn't represent us as a whole and hope it brings changes so that it does.

 

[Springs09]

How doesn't it represent us as a whole?
It's the most generic anthem possible.

Couldn't care less if they don't sing it, I don't usually sing it. But don't see how it could be offensive, it's just meh.

 

[TheFrog]

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

It doesn't acknowledge anyone else, either.