Have you ever seen those nationalistic & patriotic feel good movies like Rocky IV or Victory?
Movies like these take place in a distant land in unfriendly territory. They portray the American as the villain and evil. They boo him, they spit on him, they cheer for his defeat. Yet as the movie goes on the crowds begin to sympathize with the American, they begin to cheer for the American and even begin to root against their homeland.
Come on. Seriously? How ridiculous is that? Are you telling me that Rocky Balboa wins the hearts and minds of those behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union, simply because he can take 1300 punches to the face from Ivan Drago? Are you saying that the WWII Allies POW soccer team wins over the crowd in Nazi Germany? To the point where the stands empty and they help them escape imprisonment?
Imagine a boxing match or soccer game being held in Texas where the main event is Appolo Creed versus Osama Bin Laden or Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Do you really expect if those two suitcase bombers put on a good showing that our tough, homegrown American cowboys are really going to turn on Creed? They're going to cheer on the bad guys and applaud their victory?
No. If anything, Tom Billy is going to come down from the stairs, grab a metal chair and slam it over the back of Bin Laden WWF style.
Keep it real.
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