MojoRisin' said:
Secondly....Ranger....Kat does'nt count, her comments are as ignorant as yours...Ranger look at the facts man..not with your Canadian heart...Please explain why Hull should play for Canada when he was turned away and never asked to play again for them. Why is he a "Traitor" (your words not mine) when Canada turned him away and never asked him back?
LOL Ah, I see - when anyone agrees with me "they don't count" because they're "as ignorant as me". LOL
Keep spinning, Mojo.
ROTFL
Anyway, I see you're asking me questions again. Why bother since I'm a "complete moron" and an "embarrassment"? Hmm? LOL
I'll answer your question.
First, read back in the thread - carefully, now - and tell me when I EVER used the term "traitor". ... Actually, I doubt your reading and comprehension skills, so I'll answer it for you - it was Pistol Pete, arguing against me. YOU, then picked it up and applied it to me. Yet more evidence of your lack of comprehension and attempts to raise straw dogs to fire at. Sad ....
But, to answer your question, you really don't know if he *ever* would have been asked to play for Canada, after the first time, do you? I mean, once he'd made the decision to *abandon* his country of birth and play for the States, I think it unlikely that he'd quit playing for them or that the invitation would even be subsequently offered.
Most people don't have the luxury of being able to compete internationally for either of two countries. Although, many athletes CREATE this artificially, by leaving the country of their birth and going somewhere else where they'll be able to do so. In MY opinion, this is wrong - the real crux of this argument is WHY you're so upset over this opinion of mine. If you don't think so, don't - but there's no need to get so animated over your disagreement.
Brett Hull could have done what MOST athletes must do - be disappointed that he was passed over (once), and work hard to try to make the team next time. He didn't. He chose to take the easy way out, and *abandon* (my term) his country of birth - the country he was RAISED IN, to play for a country of convenience. YOU may choose to say that Hull had divided loyalties - that he was both an American and a Canadian citizen. *I* think he should have felt more loyalty to his native country, and that his decision to play for the US revealed his character - taking the easy way out, taking his ball and quitting (what he did after the US-Canada game on Tuesday). Subequently, he has done nothing to prove to me that he's anything but an assh*le.
My opinion.
Clear?
Sheesh.