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So pretty much the same as US Open and Wimbledon for example when US or UK is competing against foreign players? Or French Open? I can go on if you want... Boo

So pretty much the same as US Open and Wimbledon for example when US or UK is competing against foreign players? Or French Open? I can go on if you want... Booing is not something invented and exclusive to third world countries or Brazil for that matter. Hypocrisy much?

sooheon 10y ago
Not actually American or British, not sure why you assume I must be western first world and accuse me of hypocrisy based on that. In any case, that fact that booing has happened in previous events I can accept, but that seems a false equivalence. I'm pointing out that to my knowledge, this is the first time it has happened with such vigour and insistence at a world wide sporting event. What is the point of the Olympics if not to overcome partisanship in the name of good sportsmanship? A lot of the Brazilian fans' behaviour seems to come from the worst of futbol hooliganism, which no-one could seriously defend, and their booing of Argentinians in particular shows an unwillingness to rise above regional rivalries even for the Olympics.
Angostura 10y ago
Booing at Wimbledon? Really?