If I was asked to represent my country in an international arena I would consider myself honoured. I wouldn't use the opportunity to express my political views or even my religious views. I would represent my country and it alone. That is what I signed up for.
You aren't usually asked, you ordinarily have to qualify through your performances to represent your country.
Captain Calgary (that's my nickname for Jerome Iginla) has played for Team Canada in Hockey. He also has African hermitage. If he had waved an African flag and a Canadian flag at the Olympics, I think that would have been just fine, thank you very much.
Though i personally have no problem with what shr did or this guy for that matter, no one should tell others what they should or should not find offensive.
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Originally Posted by transplant99
test fails.
No one can seriously decide what another person perceives as offensive or not... thats just assinine.
It would be akin to telling someone what music they should like or what food they should find tasty.
Maybe I'm stupid, but I'm a little confused as to the points you're making. People shouldn't tell other people what they should find offensive or not offensive, but no one can decide what another person percieves as offensive or not?
In relation to SebC's post, your response is that we can't decide what those people percieve as offensive or not. But going by your first post, we shouldn't be telling others what they should or should not find offensive, therefore we shouldn't be telling those two people in SebC's test what they should or shouldn't find offensive, which should mean that SebC is right in his analogy, but you're saying he's wrong? I guess I'm just confused by this whole thing.
Captain Calgary (that's my nickname for Jerome Iginla) has played for Team Canada in Hockey. He also has African hermitage. If he had waved an African flag and a Canadian flag at the Olympics, I think that would have been just fine, thank you very much.
To be picky... there is no such thing as an African flag. But I get your point.
Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla was born in Edmonton but his father comes from Nigeria... so I guess, if he wanted to, he'd be waving a Nigerian flag.
But where do you draw the line? What if you were born in Canada but your mother was born in the USA and dad was born in Great Britain? Does that mean you get to run around waving 3 flags? How far back are you allowed to go? To where your grandparents came from? Further still?
If a country has chosen you to represent them at the Olympics you should have the courtesy to only wave that countries flag... no one elses
Seriously? The last time I looked, Africa wasn't a country and as such "Africa" wasn't invited to the Olympic games. Nigeria was though.
Touch-y.
You said there is no Africa flag, I said the African Union flag might be considered one, much like the EU flag is used for the Euro currency or Ryder Cup teams.
On topic:
I wonder if there was a fuss made when Marian Jones celebrated with a Belize flag:
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The last time I looked, Africa wasn't a country and as such "Africa" wasn't invited to the Olympic games. Nigeria was though.
