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07-02-2008, 11:46 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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Miss B,
I'm an American and I don't feel she disrespected me...
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I don't care about your feelings.  She disrespected Americans, whether you "feel" that she did or not.
It would be equally annoying for a Christian to be asked to sing the national anthem and to sing "Amazing Grace" instead.
Some people try justify a rude and inappropriate action by pointing out that it was noble or even self-sacrificing. But really, it's just rude and inappropriate, and the superior "cause" is irrelevant.
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07-02-2008, 11:51 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
Now certain patriotic songs about love of country and God are reified as sacred and some not so sacred ... oh boy....
Had she sung God Bless America or America the Beautiful (what we sang in grade school after the pledge) ... would we be having this conversation?
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07-02-2008, 11:52 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
No, you said she disrespected every single American ... AND I'm still an American who was not offended ... nor feels disrespected.
Why is it you decide if she disrespected every American???
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07-02-2008, 11:54 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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No you said she disrespected every single American ... AND I'm still an American who was not offended ... nor feels disrespected.
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I didn't say that all Americans "felt disrespected", Daniel. I said, "She disrespected." I'm aware that she will have sympathizers, American or not.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-02-2008, 11:56 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Now patriotic songs about love of country and God are reified as sacred and some not so sacred ... oh boy....
Had she sung God Bless America or America the Beautiful (what we sang in grade school after the pledge) ... would we be having this conversation?
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Hmmm. Maybe you need to have this conversation with someone else, because I am VERY rigid about this sort of thing.
In my opinion:
1. From a patriotic standpoint, she missed the mark.
2. From a standpoint of etiquette, she missed the mark.
3. From one singer to another, she missed the mark.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-02-2008, 11:58 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
In the words of Bill Cosby: Obekaybe.
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07-02-2008, 11:59 PM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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In the words of Bill Cosby: Obekaybe.
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I like Bill Cosby. 
What do you think he would say?  (Other than the above quote)
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-03-2008, 12:01 AM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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I like Bill Cosby.
What do you think he would say? (Other than the above quote) |
Who knows ... who cares? What is it w/ some of you ... sheesh.
Either extreme and dogmatic in theology or in political ideology...
Y'all really need to chill
She sang a patriotic song out of turn and will suffer the consequences ....
Whatevah.
Talk radio must be slow these days.
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07-03-2008, 06:32 AM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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07-03-2008, 06:59 AM
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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
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This stirred muched debate at the 1968 Olympics too. |
I always thought it was interesting that they hung their heads.......why didn't they raise them up if they were so proud?
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