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From: HedNclowdz-AT-aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:26:30 EDT
Subject: Star-Spangled Banner


Does anyone think that it's right to be required to sing "The Star Spangled 
Banner" (America's wonderful national anthem) at a public school's graduation 
ceremony??  I was at school and they have started having graduation practice. 
I did not know that we had the sing the star-spangled Banner. Well, of 
course, I refused to sing. Boy, did that start some controversy. They made me 
get up from the rest of the group and sit alone at the side of the room. Then 
one of our wonderful armed police officers came up to me and asked why I 
wouldn't sing. I told him because I didn't believe in singing it. 
Automatically he asked if it was political (he thought I was a "punk" because 
I was wearing a camouflage bandanna that day). I said yes. The officer almost 
started to say "Stupid kid, you just don't want to sing." But held it back. 
Of course, my refusal seriously upset Ms. Choir Director. She started to 
explain what The Star-spangled Banner stood for and that we should all be 
proud of American and all the soldiers that have fought for our freedom and 
all that other crap. Of course, them separating me from the crowd made all 
the other students afraid to refuse. I know this because I noticed some other 
kids hiding their heads to avoid being noticed because they weren't singing. 
Afterwards, I got harassed by quite of few of my fellow classmates. Isn't 
that lovely? Even another girl who called herself an anarchist called me a 
poser. She said that my refusal to sing wasn't what anarchism was about. She 
said anarchism was about vandalism. All of this because of a little song. 
Does this seem a little upsetting to anyone else?? Or is it just me?

*~*Natalie*~*
"Most people sleep while their eyes are wide open."  

   

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