hockey: Boo you, ignorant fans

Dear handful of Penguins fans--er, idiots:

Do not "boo" the Canadian national anthem. Surely you learned from last year's playoff series against the Ottawa Senators that booing the national anthem is not akin to booing the team. So I can only imagine that, last night, you were booing either:

a) Jeff Jimmerson
b) Sidney Crosby

We all know you weren't booing Jimmerson. So, Crosby then? Or maybe it was Colby Armstrong, Jordan Staal or Georges Laraque.

When you boo a national anthem, you're insulting any and all citizens of that country. And that includes more than half of the Penguins roster. Do you think Crosby wants to hear his country's anthem booed by his own fans before a game?

For that matter, you're not offending the eight members of the Senators roster who are not Canadian. If you really want to get under their skin, pay Jeff Jimmerson to sing the Swedish, German, Russian and Czech Republic anthems as well for a completely comprehensive show of disrespect. Of course, you'll need to boo the U.S. anthem as well.

Get the picture? Stop booing "O Canada."

(For the record, if the song was "O Philadelphia," I'd be 100 percent in support of your booing.)

Sincerely,
Lady Penguin