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Old 06-21-2010, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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Every American knows the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner, very few know the others.

Same goes for the Marsellaise - every French person knows the first verse, very few know the others.

And as "God Save The Queen" has 60 verses, how many Brits do you think know anything other than the first or at most the second?
Maybe it's time to learn.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Earth
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Maybe it's time to learn.
As I said in the other thread about this topic: Isaac Asimov wrote a story about a KGB agent who before being sent to the US is taught all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner in order to "seem American". When he arrives in America, he gets busted by the FBI because everyone knows that no American knows all four verses by heart.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:16 PM
 
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I don't care much for loyalty oaths or patriot songs. I don't need those things to be a good citizen. If it floats your boat, fine.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:28 PM
 
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Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand,
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that has made and preserved us as a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust";
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Star Spangled Banner - Historic Documents - PatriotPost.US
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Old 06-21-2010, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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As I said in the other thread about this topic: Isaac Asimov wrote a story about a KGB agent who before being sent to the US is taught all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner in order to "seem American". When he arrives in America, he gets busted by the FBI because everyone knows that no American knows all four verses by heart.
Too bad we couldn't teach the extra verses in American schools. Too many references to the dreaded "G" word....
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Old 06-21-2010, 07:53 PM
 
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Too bad we couldn't teach the extra verses in American schools. Too many references to the dreaded "G" word....
Asimov wrote that story in the 1950s, before Engel v. Vitale.
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Old 06-21-2010, 07:57 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Woodrow Wilson shortened it to the first verse only. It was adopted as such. The first verse. Wilson wanted to get god out of our lives, so government could become the peoples god.
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Old 06-21-2010, 08:00 PM
 
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Woodrow Wilson shortened it to the first verse only. It was adopted as such. The first verse. Wilson wanted to get god out of our lives, so government could become the peoples god.
You couldn't be more wrong about Wilson. He was very religious and sanctimonious, to the point that many of his opponents bashed him for his mixing religiosity into government. He wasn't as much of a Bible thumper as Bryan, but he was a Bible thumper nevertheless. He was DEFINITELY not secular at all.
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Old 06-21-2010, 08:04 PM
 
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Doesn't matter if you can't sing in Chicago.
Just sing it this way, nobody feels left out.


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Old 06-21-2010, 09:13 PM
 
Location: California
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Too bad we couldn't teach the extra verses in American schools. Too many references to the dreaded "G" word....
Oh, are you one of those who think the word "god" is banned in school? Jesus. Pun totally intended.
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