Do we not stand when the Star Spangled Banner is sung??? n/t

[monmouth]

[rusty_parts2001]

1. A color guard no less. Was this guy a four star general secretly?

[endarkenment]

9. the spectacle has become disgusting at this point

he was a talking head on tv

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. it would be considered proper

to stand when your country's anthem is played...and most people would stand for any anthem...

sP

[TomInTib]

4. I haven't stood for that jingo bullshit since 1973.

Since I got out of the Armed Forces.

It's nothing but beating on the drum, as far as I am concerned.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. there is no law...

but it is still considered proper...but hey, if you want to protest in that way...more power to ya!

sP

[kath]

11. thanks for that Tom. I refer to it as The Obligatory Jingoistic Exercise.

Why the hell are they playing at a funeral?? WTF?

when they play it before my kids' sporting events, that's always when I have to make a mad dash for the bathroom. What a coinkydink. (embarasses my kids less than if I stay seated.) And this hand over the heart crap? ACK. They didn't do that when I was a kid, and it creeps me out even more than the OJE in general.

If we finally get an elected President again, I *might* consider standing for it.

Don't even get me started on the Pledge of Allegiance. even creepier.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. I work in a school and NEVER say the pledge

always leave the room, stand in a corner, or something

got called on it a few times, and mention Barnette vs. Board of Education. they never know what I'm talking about

[Geoff R. Casavant]

15. That is your right.

I've never seen the SSB as being jingoistic though -- the text is about defending one's home against the oppressor, which is the USA at its best.

[tridim]

3. I think we should have the wheelchair bound arrested for being unpatriotic.

[floridablue]

5. And "are you going to ask me a question

with those sun glasses on?"..... Or something like that.

[Pastiche423]

17. Please do not use the term "wheelchair bound"

None of the crips I know are bound by ropes, chains or any other restraints while in their w/c. We are not Hannibal Lecters.

Btw, even before I sat down permanently, I did not stand for the SSB, nor the pledge.

[tridim]

19. Sorry, didn't realize that was offensive.

[Pastiche423]

20. I din't think you were being offensive

Just trying to educate.

[Ian David]

7. Stand? Yes. Hand over heart? Technically, but that is often ignored. n/t

[endarkenment]

8. Technically? By what technicality?

There is no law. There is only custom.

[Zywiec]

10. Yes it is law.

You may want to familiarize yourself with 36 USC CHAPTER 3, Section 301.

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/36C3.txt

And technically it's sang and not sung.

just sayin'

[Gabi Hayes]

14. bullshit. whatever that law is, it's unconstitutional

Barnette v. School Board, 1942, SCOTUS ruling

applied to the pledge, but there's no way it isn't applicable here, too

[Oregone]

16. I see the language of "Should", not "Must". Hence, its permissable to do whatever you want....

I haven't stood or even looked at "the flag" during the Anthem in a decade.

Gotta love how our own anthem's words is all about war. Makes me want to puke how they sing it at ever High School function, brainwashing our youth.

[jgraz]

12. Why? Did Tim not stand up?

Communist!!!

[EvolveOrConvolve]

18. I stopped standing for the SSB when Bush was (s)elected

I get weird looks at the hockey game, but fuck these RW fascists. It's my right as an American to NOT stand for the damn song. I also refrain from joining in the Pledge of Allegiance.

So fuckin' sue me.