The Times Advocate, 2006-03-15, Page 54
Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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EDITORIAL
A classless
display
It's no wonder sports fans have a less than
stellar reputation — too often some of
them check their brains at the door when
attending sporting events.
The behaviour of some of the fans at a South
Huron Midget semi-final game last Friday
night at South Huron Rec Centre varied
between embarrassing and outright offensive.
A large group of South Huron fans (and
we're talking about those in their teens) spent
the entire game screaming obscenities and
taunting players on the opposing team, Twin
Centres. This isn't exactly a rare occurrence
at hockey games, but it doesn't make it right.
Last Friday's behaviour was relentless and
went way over the line, including an injured
Twin Centres player lying on the ice being
ridiculed by some of the South Huron fans.
An air horn was obnoxiously blasted
throughout the game (and recharged between
periods), a broom was tossed on the ice after
the game and a few celebrating South Huron
fans leapt up onto the glass to give the finger
to opposing players and challenge them to a
fight.
Not a classy performance.
It was no surprise when OPP officers
showed up near the end of the game to dis-
cover some of these fans (no doubt underage)
had brought beer to the game.
This display, coupled with the previous
weekend's incident at Stephen Township
Arena in Huron Park which saw a 73 -year-old
Nairn man charged with assault after a refer-
ee was pushed, has not exactly done wonders
for the reputation of sports fans. What do
fans of the opposition teams think about this
behaviour when they visit our arenas?
Of course, not all fans should be painted
with the same brush. Do most of them
behave? Yes, but last Friday, too many of
them didn't.
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DOING WHAT EST
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No wonder girls get a bad name
As some may already know, I'm a huge rock 'n' roll
fan.
I've been to several concerts including bands from
AC/DC to The Rolling Stones.
I've travelled to several places from Toronto to
Hamilton most recently.
I'll also be travelling to Montreal for the first
this weekend to see Aerosmith.
But back to Hamilton.
My friend and I set out for yet another road
trip last Thursday.
I'd never seen Motley Crue before and wasn't
really sure what to expect.
I knew Motley Crue was more of a "perfor-
mance" band.
Their whole show was based around a circus
theme, complete with midgets and half naked
women playing with fire.
Let me say first, I wasn't really all that sur-
prised by this part of the show.
This is my friend's favourite band and she's
seen them already a few times so she filled me
in on the gist of the show.
What she didn't fill me in on was Tommy Lee's
video camera.
If you're unfamiliar with Tommy Lee, he is the drum-
mer of the band, used to be married to Pamela
Anderson Lee and most recently stared in his own
realty T.V series called "Tommy Lee Goes To College."
This video camera which was brought out was
hooked up to the large screens at the front of Copps
Colliseum and could only mean one thing.
time
Yes, it was time for the women in the crowd to bare
their breasts to the beloved Tommy Lee.
And did they ever.
Apparently this has been a trademark in their tour
and apparently my friend also forgot to tell me about
it.
So maybe I need to lighten up a bit. I mean I was at a
Crue concert and topless women had already been a
part of the show but honestly I really found
this part of the concert a little disgusting.
For one thing, just about all of the women
Tommy zoomed in on showed their breasts
and quite proudly I might add.
One girl even had Tommy Lee tattooed on
her chest.
This went on for just a few minutes, thank-
fully.
I guess what I don't understand is why
women do this.
What for, really? Definitely not for respect.
I'm just baffled at what women will do
when the spotlight is on them.
It's no wonder girls get a bad name
between the movies "Girls Gone Wild, Mardi
Gras" and what I've seen at concerts, especially this
particular one.
There was one girl at the show who made me proud
to be a woman in that room though.
The spotlight was on her and she said 'no', Good for
her!
I know it's not much but it's a start.
NINA
VAN
LIESHOUT
KICK THIS
AROUND
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