National Anthem
May. 20th, 2006 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twirlgrrlI would prefer that our national anthem be changed to "America the Beautiful." I like that it emphasizes the natural beauty of our environment, and prominently features concepts like brotherhood and liberty. And it can be done bluesy, Ray-Charles style as well as hymnlike. Plus the "undimmed by human tears" part makes me verklempt. OK, I know we as a nation would never get past the first verse at ball games, and who knows the other verses to the Star Spangled Banner? But the SSB is such a bloodthirsty song. And WTF with this:
"Then conquer we must
for our cause it is just
and this be our motto
in God is our trust"
Yeah, again, it's the last verse, but still... it's just a bit jihad-y for me.
And no, this thought was not prompted by any immigration or English-language debates or any other tomfoolery by the POTUS or his gang. It's from an article in the Utne Reader.
"Then conquer we must
for our cause it is just
and this be our motto
in God is our trust"
Yeah, again, it's the last verse, but still... it's just a bit jihad-y for me.
And no, this thought was not prompted by any immigration or English-language debates or any other tomfoolery by the POTUS or his gang. It's from an article in the Utne Reader.
