Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
"Allahu Akbar" is such a ubiquitous chant in Muslim nations, used for everything from expressing shock, excitement, mourning, grief, joy, rage to celebrating momentous achievements, and, in this case, saying "Go Turkey Go," that it's a little ridiculous to ascribe a particular meaning to it.
If Flames fans drowned out the US anthem with "Go Flames Go" during, lets say a Western Conference Final game vs the Blackhawks, it would be tacky, but hardly worth getting one's knickers in a twist.
Was it totally innocent? Of course not. Are the few people in the crowd who participated huge A-holes? Obviously yes. Should we carpet-bomb the Islamic world? Obviously not.
|
It was more the statement that they were saying it to denounce terrorism. That's likely not true. Also, many different reports that it was booing along with the chant, which gives a little better idea of intent. We don't know how many people are booing or chanting though.
And of course carpet bombing is stupid. Doesn't mean we suddenly have to defend what shouldn't be defended. It's that kind of closed mindedness that prevents both sides from honestly examining this issue