Living in Southern California, I've dealt with this kind of mentality for years. I remember fifteen years ago, when I was in college, reading about the fan abuse the USA soccer team faced when it played Mexico in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Team USA was booed, berated, and jeered. After the game, as some of the Team USA players walked off the field, they were even pelted with, among other things, a bag of urine by some ridiculous fans. I remember how I felt after reading that article - that things were only going to get worse. Every comparison I'd heard growing up about the way things were going in the U.S. to the Fall of the Roman Empire was for the first time, a real concern to me. If Americans, regardless of their birthplace origin, were booing, berating and throwing bags of urine on our own American players in the mid 1990's, then what will be the state of America be for the next generation?
Southern California
6 July 2008
Is this the prevailing mentality across America? Call me old-fashioned, it ain't right.
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6 January 2008
ward to be determined):
Go San Diego Chargers! This is my number one choice of course, being a Southern California native. LaDainian Tomlinson is not only remarkable, but a role model with his quiet confidence. You never see him trash talking, he simply does his job and does it well! I am fully allowed to root for them as they were once the Los Angeles Chargers and I actually lived in Del Mar for a period. Also, I have been to Seau’s and had a cigar (alright, he isn’t there anymore but that’s not the point)!
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