Reply #19: I was at the Titans game with a European friend last night [View All]

[Lars77]

When the national anthem was played with fireworks and the whole thing, and the fighter jets flew overhead, he looked completely bemused.

He asked me what the air force has to do with the national anthem, he could not understand how the two were connected in any way. That made me realize that very few countries, at least democracies, has such a strong and automatic connection between patriotism and military force.


Kinda made me a bit depressed.