Montreal fans boo Star-Spangled Banner
What can you expect from a country whose main exports are cold fronts, self-superior leaders, and hockey players?
MONTREAL (AP) -- Fans booed during the playing of the U.S. national anthem before the New York Islanders' 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
The sellout crowd of 21,273 at Bell Centre was asked to "show your support and respect for two great nations" before the singing of the American and Canadian national anthems.
But a significant portion of the crowd booed throughout Star-Spangled Banner in an apparent display of their displeasure with the U.S.-led war against Iraq. More than 200,000 people turned out for an anti-war demonstration in Montreal last Saturday.
That does it. That case of Molson beer that I bought yesterday is going straight back to the store- right along with the case of Perrier water.
