Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:22:40 -0400 From: ARON KAY <pieman-AT-pieman.org> Subject: Re: Star-Spangled Banner the pig headed school system has no right to force you to sing a song if imperialism........i recall i refused to salute the flag in high school...during the vietnam war HedNclowdz-AT-aol.com wrote: > > 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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