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'Black' national anthem to be played before Star Spangled Banner in NFL.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Klay" data-source="post: 16452853" data-attributes="member: 45120"><p>First off, thank you for expressing your views even though they differ from mine and the majority of those posting in this thread. I do not wish to be a hypocrite and act like a good portion of liberals do when they attack anyone who has a different opinion. So I salute you.</p><p></p><p>Now for my reply to your post, it is interesting to me that even though the Star Spangled Banner doesn't have the offensive verse you mentioned, the mere existence makes the anthem offensive. We know the anthem is not the full song he wrote nor did he compose the melody. The Star Spangled Banner as we know it is really a remix if you will. It borrowed its lyrics from the song Francis Scott Key wrote and borrowed the melody from an English drinking song.</p><p></p><p>The anthem itself has no offensive qualities (except maybe to the British). It should not matter that it borrowed from another work that may have had offensive material (I fail to see how it is offensive). The melody is from a drinking song, I don't drink so should that offend me?</p><p></p><p>The verse that made it to the anthem describes how US soldiers at Fort McHenry withstood a British bombardment yet survived and raised our flag.</p><p></p><p>That should cause Americans to feel a sense of pride. That in the face of extreme adversity, we didn't give up. That's something we should all be able to get behind I would think.</p><p></p><p>For those wondering what the other verses of the song Francis Scott Key wrote, here they are (I bolded the supposed offensive verse):</p><p></p><p>"O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,</p><p>What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,</p><p>Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight</p><p>O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?</p><p>And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,</p><p>Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,</p><p>O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave</p><p>O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?</p><p></p><p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep</p><p>Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,</p><p>What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,</p><p>As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?</p><p>Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,</p><p>In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,</p><p>'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave</p><p>O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!</p><p></p><p><strong>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, </strong></p><p><strong>That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion </strong></p><p><strong>A home and a Country should leave us no more? </strong></p><p><strong>Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. </strong></p><p><strong>No refuge could save the hireling and slave </strong></p><p><strong>From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, </strong></p><p><strong>And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave </strong></p><p><strong>O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave</strong>.</p><p></p><p>O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand</p><p>Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!</p><p>Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land</p><p>Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!</p><p>Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,</p><p>And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"</p><p>And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave</p><p>O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klay, post: 16452853, member: 45120"] First off, thank you for expressing your views even though they differ from mine and the majority of those posting in this thread. I do not wish to be a hypocrite and act like a good portion of liberals do when they attack anyone who has a different opinion. So I salute you. Now for my reply to your post, it is interesting to me that even though the Star Spangled Banner doesn't have the offensive verse you mentioned, the mere existence makes the anthem offensive. We know the anthem is not the full song he wrote nor did he compose the melody. The Star Spangled Banner as we know it is really a remix if you will. It borrowed its lyrics from the song Francis Scott Key wrote and borrowed the melody from an English drinking song. The anthem itself has no offensive qualities (except maybe to the British). It should not matter that it borrowed from another work that may have had offensive material (I fail to see how it is offensive). The melody is from a drinking song, I don't drink so should that offend me? The verse that made it to the anthem describes how US soldiers at Fort McHenry withstood a British bombardment yet survived and raised our flag. That should cause Americans to feel a sense of pride. That in the face of extreme adversity, we didn't give up. That's something we should all be able to get behind I would think. For those wondering what the other verses of the song Francis Scott Key wrote, here they are (I bolded the supposed offensive verse): "O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, 'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! [b]And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a Country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave[/b]. O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation! Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it 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. [/QUOTE]
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