Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ltuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!ltuxa!jmh From: jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (Jon M. Hanrath) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: New York Under Seige Message-ID: <328@ltuxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 08:34:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ltuxa.328 Posted: Wed Sep 25 08:34:31 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 03:13:34 EDT References: <552@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (64lt503310-Jon M. Hanrath) Organization: Corp Ed. Cen. AT&T Technologies - Lisle, Il Lines: 39 In article <552@decwrl.UUCP> schneider@vlnvax.DEC writes: >The fan's WERE booing the Jays as is entirely within their rights. At the >time, the Canadian anthem served to represent the Jays. This seems quite >clear. > Sorry, Dan , I was taught not to boo EVER as it is unsportsmanlike, and to boo a nation's anthem is just worse than normal. > >I am not a resident of New York but I am a Yankee fan and I take a great deal >of exception to the notion that the New York fans have a lack of class. >Such a bigotted interpretation of an obviously misunderstood act seems >QUITE unreasonable to me. > Maybe it does, but I don't think by condoning the incident you've helped the perception of a N.Y. fan. In fact you probably have strengthened the feeling you're trying to argue against. > > >Perhaps, but I think more then a few netters hopped on the anti-New York >bandwagon instead. Perhaps they are just jealous of the most cultured >fans in America. > > Daniel Schneider > {decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vlnvax!schneider Funny, you talk of "bigotted interpretations" and then turn right around and make a bigotted remark. If you are certain that *some* N.Y. fans can do no wrong, then I would say you're the most prejudiced of all. I sure wish I were "cultured". -:) Jon Hanrath "in uncultured baseball land" ihnp4!ltuxa!jmh