– wrote Dogbertt.

/ I was watching the French play Mexico on a friendly a few weeks back, and more than half the starters seemed to be French African. I bet these same people throwing banana peels and making monkey noises would be cheering their hearts out for the French team when it’s their team contending.

Don’t throw stones when you live in a glass house.

However, it is indication of how far Korea and Koreans have to go if they want to be taken seriously on the world stage. Its reassuring to note that some netizens complained about their actions, but your average Joe Kim doesn’t have the cultural wherewithal to be clued up on issues like this whilst abroad. Take for example the way Koreans treat local staff at SE Asian resorts. Ask any cabbie in Manila, Bangkok or Singapore that you live in Korea and the response varies from pity to outright hostility.

Finally, one thing Robert neglected to mention was the morbidly biased coverage on SBS. Just before the kickoff, the Korean team was shown on screen, but not the Ghanaians who have a welter more talent and several big names I recognize from watching European club football. Last time I heard, football was a game with two sides. Next time, they should probably show up at WC stadium in Seoul and play a kickabout on their own so the girls in the crowd can shreik like banshees everytime Park Jisung gets his over-rated feet on the pill. That last statement was said as a Chelsea fan.

Another possible defense is that they were having a good time and really did not know that Ghana’a national anthem was being played since they don’t know the song.

If they had played the Korean anthem first (letting them know that it was time to shut up), I suspect that more of the Koreans would have been quiet during Ghana’s anthem.

I their defense, I suspect that many of the devils are on their first trip abroad and momma never taught them to respect other people’s national anthems.