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Started by Darth Wagtaros, June 07, 2012, 03:46:36 PM

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Darth Wagtaros

June 07, 2012, 03:46:36 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/world/africa/uk-south-africa-wrong-anthem/index.html






QuoteLondon (CNN) -- British field hockey authorities have been forced to apologize "unreservedly" to South Africa after an old national anthem from the days of apartheid was played before an international game this week.
Great Britain Hockey called the mistake "sensitive" and "unfortunate."
"It was completely shocking," the chief executive of South Africa hockey said of hearing the pre-1994 anthem "Die Stem" being played before Tuesday's game in London.
"I thought, 'What is that?' And when I listened further, I realized it was 'Die Stem.' I couldn't believe my ears," Marissa Langeni said Thursday.
Some of the younger players on the team didn't even know what song was being played, she said.
The anthem dates from the days of white minority rule over South Africa. A new national anthem, "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," meaning "God Bless Africa," was added alongside it when Nelson Mandela became president in 1994, and the two songs were combined in 1997.
"For the majority of South Africans, we don't relate to that anthem," Langeni said. "It was the anthem of a small section of our community. It's as good as not having played an anthem."
"If they flew the old flag of the country, I would be equally surprised," she said.
Tournament organizer Great Britain Hockey on Wednesday published "a full and unreserved apology to the South African women's hockey team and their supporters for mistakenly playing the wrong national anthem before South Africa's match with Great Britain."
GBH Chief Operating Officer Sally Munday blamed the mistake on "a contractor responsible for sports presentation at the event."
She said organizers had not checked the anthem in advance and took full responsibility for the mistake.
Langeni said she was very satisfied with the apology, calling the error "a bit of an administrative blunder."
South Africa beat Great Britain 3-1 in an upset.

PDH!

derspiess

#1
June 07, 2012, 04:08:33 PM
How's that an insult to the world?
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Drakken

#2
June 07, 2012, 04:22:46 PM
From France and Pretender
Great Britain defend her,
Foes let them fall;
From foreign slavery,
Priests and their knavery,
And Popish Reverie,
God save us all.

Eddie Teach

#3
June 07, 2012, 05:39:09 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on June 07, 2012, 03:46:36 PM
South Africa beat Great Britain 3-1 in an upset.

Way to psych the opposition out, Brits.  :rolleyes:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Neil

#4
June 07, 2012, 06:08:36 PM
How is this racist?
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Darth Wagtaros

#5
June 07, 2012, 08:31:27 PM
It isn't.  I just wanted to be Tim for the night. Plus the expressions on the team's faces are funny if you see the close up photos.

PDH!

Admiral Yi

#6
June 07, 2012, 08:32:59 PM
I agree about the expressions.  2 from the left is ready to burn some cars.

Jaron

#7
June 07, 2012, 08:50:43 PM
Looks like a zombo.
Winner of THE grumbler point.

11B4V

#8
June 07, 2012, 10:30:25 PM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

11B4V

#10
June 07, 2012, 10:43:09 PM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Eddie Teach

#11
June 07, 2012, 11:06:48 PM
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

katmai

#12
June 08, 2012, 01:24:57 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 07, 2012, 10:30:25 PM
Quote from: Jaron on June 07, 2012, 08:50:43 PM
Looks like a zombo.

The mexican national anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4yhp9L6Ok

The Chicano national anthem, get it right cracker!
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

11B4V

#13
June 08, 2012, 01:57:21 AM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".
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