tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post8498198763094108512..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Why I Think Colin Kapernick Should Be Fined and Suspended -by the 49ersGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-10004051721689906922016-09-02T09:38:16.155-07:002016-09-02T09:38:16.155-07:00I have no sympathy for people who boo at Kaepernic...I have no sympathy for people who boo at Kaepernick. I also don't have any real sentiment about every darn sports event beginning with playing the national anthem. He has put himself into a bit of a box. If he EVER does stand for the National Anthem, it will become Big News and characterized as some sort of Capitulation or Betrayal. Whereas, if he did it ONCE, it would have been a brief, poignant, moment of protest. Now he HAS to keep it up, with all that that entails.<br /><br />Many years ago I heard a story about referencing police officers as pigs. It originated in Ireland. England didn't entirely trust native Irish police, so they sent over quite a few from England. It was not a desirable job, so it tended to be rural lads with poor prospects who signed up. A lot of them were from Shropshire, and a lot of them had big cheeks, paunches, and VERY pink faces. To the Irish, they resembled pigs. The cry was "Up the Irish, off the English, of the pig."<br /><br />Which is why it doesn't really translate very well into the American context, where a large portion of the police have traditionally been Irish, and they look all kinds of different ways, and if you hear someone shout "Off the pig!" you think of your son-in-law Clarence.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.com