I haven't got a criteria and do not support playing the anthem at all.
But people who perhaps like you want to be seen as some intellectual thinker who is smarter than the masses hence feels they can relate to what happens in Lebanon cos hey most people won't visited there irritates me. What goes on there doesn't have the same resonance as what happens in Paris where presumably most people have visited and sat in same cafes and that is obvious to most people.
Re obnoxious tones - sorry but people like you bring it out in me. Btw is grandstanding the new forum buzzword?