Well-said Lemb. Greeks have spirit and we show it every single day! I, for one, will not be silenced by anyone who thinks that we should curtail our freedom of speach and freedom of expression. We must remind anongirl that it was not the US who invented the notions of freedom of speach and freedom of expression - it was the ancient Greeks who first valued the rights of the individual citizen and their right to express themselves. It was the Greeks who believed in one voice and one vote - perhaps anongirl needs some more lessons in ancient Greek history so that she can be proud of her Greek heritage and her fellow Greeks. And like you said, it was not the US athletes that the Greek crowd was booing, it was the hypocracy of it all that they couldn't stomach and had they done anything less I would not have been as proud of them. And by the way, cheering and booing is an integral part of sporting events, whether you cheer for the home town or you boo the visitors, it is expected either way. May I also remind you of a couple of unbecoming incidents that American sporting crowds have been involved in? One is during the Salt Lake City Games, the American women's ice hockey team took a Canadian flag, layed it on the floor and took turns stomping on it - a display of incredible unsportsmanship and unbecoming behaviour for athletes. Another incident is the American crowd at a hockey game in Detroit when they booed the Canadian national anthem, and yet another disgraceful display was flying the Canadian flag upside down. So, before you start criticizing the Greeks for displaying their emotions, don't forget the saying "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"!
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Re: Booing and Hissing is UN-OLYMPIC