Great Music for 9/11
erco
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An amazing rock rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. A Navy veteran sings lead. iPod-worthy!
http://www.starspangledbannerchallenge.com
Like most of us, I'll never forget that day.
http://www.starspangledbannerchallenge.com
Like most of us, I'll never forget that day.
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Great find, thanks! erco!!
CAN'T forget!
Right there with you, Erco.
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html
My memorials are up in my cube, and people are wondering why I'm wearing all black today.
That was certainly my first thought. It does take a little patience in places though.
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I don't mind that they are promoting their product. What I do mind is when they attach patriotism to their marketing.
And what does it mean to "believe in this country"? Belief should not be necessary, this country does in fact exist. Do some people not accept that? Maybe some people believe in some other country?
Interesting idea. In fact, this country, any country, does not exist. It is not any kind of physical object. It is only an idea maintained by the people of the country and indeed the rest of the world that supports it.
Given the rate at which countries have been defined and undefined in recent history, in Africa, in Eastern Europe, in Russia etc You can see how etheral they really are.
Don't think the USA is not also part of this fiction. Who says it won't dissolve into separate states at some time?
Countries only "exist" as long as people belive they do and will them into existence. If they stop believing "poof" it's gone. And that is why we have national anthems and such trappings. To maintain the mutual illusion.
Oh, we already have separate states. I think it is quite bizarre that we are one country but we have laws that vary wildly from one state, or county or city to another. A folding pocket knife can be perfectly legal in one city here and illegal in the next one over - and you can't tell when you've left one and entered the next.
The name is not really relevent.
The idea, in this case, is probably spelled out by the founding fathers and the constitution.
Perhaps they believe in something similar to what you do. So you have to ask yourself "what exactly is it that I believe in?". But you have already said belief is not required so that is getting kind of tricky.
For sure there is no one answer. everyone will have a different view of what their country is and what they would like it to be. If thier views are far out enough the majority will brand them as "unpatriotic", which does not mean they don't have the best intentions for the country.
Don't forget that the space occupied by the USA was not the USA a before it was colonized by the Europeans. The USA is just an agreement between those founding colonists and perpetuated to this day. An agreement that the British, for example did not believe in for a while.
All in all the USA is just far too new to be considered "real", unlike England of course:)
Strangely enough "England" does not exist as a country in my mind. I have a UK passport, or is it "British" or what now a days. Anyway "England" does not get a mention in the entire document. (The only country name appearing in there is "Ireland"). Can't wait for England to get it's indepenence.
Sure, but subtle differences in interpretation of the constitution lead to radically different views. We recently had two political conventions. They each believe in the USA, but they don't believe in the same USA.
The comment about the USA being too new doesn't bother me a bit. However I have seen some videos of parliament that make me question the maturity of the UK.
Could not agree more. Sometimes the British parliament seems to be just a continuation of public school for the ones lucky enough to get there.