Why is it concidered dissrespect to make the 'american' anthem BETTER?
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I Suppose You Would Like To Make Our FLAG "BETTER" Too??\n\nWould You Like It "updated too to show what is going on"\n\nI DONT think it represents America better overall.
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No country is perfect.\n\nAnd no country is above criticism.\n\nFunny how so many Americans don't seem to understand that.....
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The old stuff is better. Peopledont know that Green Day have been around for a while. Alot of people think that Green Day is so new! And that they are against America.\nPersonaly I like their older stuff but have not discovered all of their songs yet, Yet i truly love American Idiot even though i agree it is sometimes overplayed but i still love Green Day. P.S. Billie is HOT.
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very.  to fix is you need to redefine a nation's priorities.  change from what i want (something to entertain me) to what they need (the need for basic items to live).  interesting question to pose to the most selfish and self obsesed people in the world.  (not every american is like that, but i think as a nation we are).
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I don't like it either, it's going too far. I guess a lot of people really doesn't know anything about this immigration issue. It's pretty obvious that the protesters have a one track mind. Instead of gaining support from immigrants from other countries, creating a bilingual anthem which consists of spanish/english version seems to be selfish. This is one of the reasons why a lot of americans get angry at mexicans and this could be one of the reasons why the bystanders who were willing to support the latinos before might feel it offensive and withdraw their support. I thought the rally was supposed to be for immigrants, now I feel it's only for Latin immigrants. \n\nAsk immigrants from other countries, there are certain rights this country has granted to Mexicans that were not granted to them. Really, the law here is kind of discriminatory, and they don't complain. If this immigration issue is to be a success for the protesters they need to understand that the focus shouldn't only be on Latinos, or it shouldn't be between Latinos and America BUT Immigrants seeking their rights.\n\nI for one hope they get their papers, but I have to say there should be rules. A lot of immigrants came here legally and paid thousands of dollars to earn the right to be legal immigrants. They also sacrificed a lot working for their families too. \n\nI believe these people shouldn't change the Anthem, it's an insult to the country, and an insult to those people who came here and worked hard to earn the right to be called Americans the legal way.
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click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_patriotic_music\nhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geusvuVFNFHocAE4hXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2ZjFtMzg2BGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDNARzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANERlg1XzMw/SIG=11ub3gkuf/EXP=1163175534/**http%3a//www.amclassical.com/patriotic.shtml\nhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geusvuVFNFHocAB4hXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2MWFla2V2BGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANERlg1XzMw/SIG=12nd9rf58/EXP=1163175534/**http%3a//www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_patriotic_songs%3fcritic=3
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I totallly agree with you.  I asked a question like that a while back and for the most parts it seems like people can't get past their own narrowmindness to look into something a little bit.  I guess it's just easier to say "I like pop, and everything else sucks."  There are certain genres of music that I don't particularly care for but I'm not going to judge somebody or throw out racial comments because they like something that I don't.  I thought music was supposed to be the universal language that brought people together?
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Are you serious? no really. you didn't think before you wrote this question. Men and women died for that song..... DIED! The same way they died for our flag and this country. It is a total disgrace to change our national anethem for people that are not citzens and don't speak the language. . I believe most people that were running onto beaches into certain death during WWII would agree. To me if you can't speak english you are not a citzen
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If it's the American National Anthem, then of coarse it should be sung in English. English is our national language, like it or not.
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it only sounds weird because you're so used to God bless America, also, the Greeks would say it in Greek, and it might sound better
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The American people tend to forget their duties,\nbut remember their rights.  Yea your allowed to play the Israeli national anthem. \n\nBut considering your country is in war on multiple fronts and you are American, why the hell would play the Israeli national anthem.  Even if you don't agree with the war or currant politics, god damn it, fucking spineless liberals.
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That's is why they need to leave, they have no respect for our country, they don't want to assimilate or blend into our society. They should learn English and sing the anthem in English it was not meant to be translated it loses it's meaning. I just heard on the news the Congress just passed a resolution that it will be sung in English only. The Congress found it very insulting.
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Ya, everyone wants the U.S. to have probs, so they are happy when we protest, except the people in Mexico want us to do good, so they can all come here, so changing the national anthem to spanish, in combination of protesting, will make everyone happy. :-)
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The Star-Spangled Banner\n\n\nIf there is anything taken more seriously than the US flag, it's possibly the national anthem. The Star-Spangled Banner accompanies just about every major American function, and at major sporting events a significant honour is bestowed on those asked to sing what is probably the best known national anthem in the world.\n\nBut, listen to the words and it tells of a moment in US history when the war with the British was being fought and of one man's relief in seeing the US flag still flying after a vicious bombardment.\n\nBefore the Battle\nThe War of 1812 had been a particularly nasty conflict with the British. They had burned down the Capitol and White House in Washington, and were set on taking the port of Baltimore, which was protected in part by Fort McHenry. After an initial land attack had been thwarted, 16 ships of the British fleet positioned themselves for a massive attack on the fort.\n\nBefore the fleet came within canon range, two Americans, Colonel John Skinner and a lawyer and part-time poet by the name of Francis Scott Key, had gone out to one of the British ships. They had come to negotiate the release of Dr William Beanes, a friend of Key who had been seized following the attack on Washington. The British agreed, but all three had learned too much about the forthcoming attack and were detained by the British on board the frigate Surprise until it was over.\n\nThe Defense of Fort McHenry\nThe attack started on September 12th, 1814, and continued for the next two days. Skinner, Beane and Key watched much of the bombardment from the deck and, through the nights of the 12th and 13th they caught glimpses of the star-shaped fort with its huge flag - 42ft long, with 8 red stripes, 7 white stripes and 15 white stars, it had been specially commissioned to be big enough that the British could not possibly fail to see it from a distance.\n\nIn the dark of the night of the 13th, the shelling suddenly stopped - through the darkness they couldn't tell whether the British forces had been defeated, or the fort had fallen.\n\nAs the sun began to rise, Key peered through the lifting darkness anxious to see if the flag they had seen the night before was still flying. And so it was that he scribbled on the back of an envelope the first lines of a poem he called Defense of Fort M'Henry:\n\nO, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,\nWhat so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming\nAs the mist started to clear he was aware that there was a flag flying - but was it the British flag? It was difficult to tell:\n\nWhat is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep,\nAs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?\nBut finally the sun rose, and with intense relief and pride he saw that the fort had withstood the onslaught ...\n\n'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave\nO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.\n\n\nThe poem becomes a hymn and anthem\nOn the way back to shore, and later in his hotel room, he completed all four verses of the poem, and the following morning he took it to his brother-in-law, a local judge, who thought it so good that he arranged to have it printed as a handbill.\n\nIt is very likely that Key only ever intended this as a poem. However, there was a very popular tune of the time which had the same form and metre, and there can be no doubt that Key was heavily influenced by it - ironically, this was the tune of a British drinking song!\n\nWhen the handbills were printed, they bore the name of this tune to which the poem should be sung - Anacreon in Heaven. Nobody is sure whether this was Key's idea, or whether his brother-in-law had made the connection, but to this day the American National Anthem is sung to the tune of a British drinking song.\n\nAt one time, the English composer Dr Thomas Arnold was thought to be its composer - it was used as the constitutional song of the Anacreonic Society, a
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I think it has gone way too far with Spanish... By at least trying to learn the language of your adoptive land you show respect and gratitude. But with Spanish, my opinion is that there's no way back now; you'll just have to make Florida (and Texas and New Mexico) officially and legally bilingual. That's why Canadian anthem is sung in two languages - cuz it's a bilingual country, with 2 official and legal languages. (Finland is one, too - its Finnish and Swedish). All this said, USA is still a monolingual country, and as such, I would say that messing with anthem is not nice. To say the least.
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Does it? I never noticed that it had. Now rap.........that sucks. My point is that this is a free country and we have a right to our opinions. If you don't like what you are hearing feel free to change the station. I don't hesitate to.
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BECAUSE ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE U.S.!!!THAT'S WHY!!! C'mon, get real. Next my kid is gonna have to bilingually recite the pledge of allegiance. Except for the line about under God, because the left wing politically correct weenies won't allow that. A spanish version of the national anthem...Nope. Just doesn't work for me.