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Originally Posted by Byte1
I guess, it depends on whether or not the intent is to divide the country. It is customary for the National Anthem to be sung for the opening of our sports. I believe that several other countries do the same with their National Anthem. But gee, if it's all about "can't we all get along?" then by all means, break traditions by stomping all over them just to please a few and anger or disgust the rest. Like I said before, we can start the game an hour earlier and give everyone with an ethnic or diverse background a chance to entertain their little section of America. Perhaps we could even slip in a magic show or some dance routines. Why wait until the half-time?  |
Agree perhaps all public sporting events could just begin an hour or more earlier, and everyone who feels allegiance to some alternative "national anthem" could be accommodated. But, perhaps even better idea (?) because so many people have such restrictions on arrival time (work over, after school, meal times, etc.) that might be difficult to change. Why not just add everyone's anthem to the end of the evening... and all who would like to hear them all, or just some of them, or one of them, could just stay after the baseball, football, hockey, soccer, etc. game. ADDED VALUE, the perfect solution to after game traffic jams, thousands of people will NOT be trying to leave at one time !