Russian Ukraine War

[mateinone]

Pride is a deadly sin.

Pride in ones country is something that can be had without forcing it upon others with the introduction of a flag. This is where the issue is.

Support your player, but just like the US and Old Glory, shoving your national flag in peoples faces constantly will lead to issues and it all stems back to pride.

Read the room at least.

So then all flags of all nations should be banned from tennis events around the world?
Of course there are other ways to support your country than raising a flag, but sport is parochial in nature.

This doesn't address whether or not the Russian flag itself should be banned.

I don't have an issue if all flags are banned, I don't even have an issue if they do choose to ban a specific flag and the Russian one at the present time has a cause to be banned because of the angst it can create for certain individuals seeing it waved.

Personally I think all flags of all nature are a bit obnoxious (including the Carlton ones at our games) because when waved about they hinder the views of others.. but people in Australia generally have a right to wave flags at sporting events.


Perhaps Aussie Aussie Aussie ... Oi Oi Oi
Should be banned as well if we are considering obnoxious ways of supporting individuals in events that are not nationality based.