Nothing against the Wings, but seeing them win makes me ill. On a business trip to Detroit about 15 years ago I noticed that there weren't a lot of foreign cars driving around, for obvious reasons. I was told by numerous people that driving a foreign car around Detroit was asking for trouble (punctured tires, broken windows, keyed paint, dents, etc....). Yet I notice that most of the players on the Red Wings in the last 15 years are foreigners. So its ok for a foreign product to exist in Detroit, as long as it results in a Stanley Cup win. Having been to numerous sporting events in Michigan the last 33 years (UM football, Lions), I've noticed a good portion of the crowd are autoworkers. I'm quite sure many of those people have been guilty of vandalizing foreign cars, in fact I've had some tell me so. Yet there they are in the stands rooting for foreign players. Sorry, but the Wings winning a cup just reminds me of how hypocritical people in this country are. Its ok as long as it serves your purpose..............
And before the hate mail rolls in, yes I realize that not everyone who roots for the Wings vandalizes foreign cars.
Well, I don't know about 'hate mail', but I will point out that you compared apples with oranges, and ended up with sour grapes.
You were 'told' that we will vandalize your foreign car? Umm...wrong. But, based on this false rumor, you are
sure that '...those people have been guilty of vandalizing foreign cars'? Pretty accusatory stuff there.
When you come to these 'numerous sporting events', you don't see any foreign cars? (Maybe you were too busy asking people where they work - I still wonder how you know that so many were autoworkers). While you were in Ann Arbor for a Michigan game, you might have noticed that Toyota has a technical/development center there, and Nissan also has one in the area. Yes, there are predominantly US-built cars - The people who build them tend to drive them. But there are a wide variety of cars around here, foreign and domestic.
We are quite proud of our hockey team, which happens to be mostly composed of Canadian and European players. So what? We are an international community, like most large cities. Or did you 'hear' something different?
You need to update your stereotypes and biases before calling US hypocrites.
The most insulting part? You called a Lions game a 'sporting event'.
-Tom
