Your Country's anthem

[Dark Sage]

Call me unpatriotic, but I don't like "The Star Spangled Banner". Or at least the fact that it's the National Anthem.

Before you yell at me, just look at the lyrics to the song.

It's a war ballad; the lyrics are all about war and battle. In this day and age, when it's painfully obvious that there is no glory in war, it's not fitting for such a song to be America's anthem.

It seems Finland has the right idea. Just looking at Mikachu's post, no mention of violence in those lyrics.

I'm not the only one who feels like this, by the way. Many people would love to change it (they've suggested "America the Beautiful" as an alternative) but most folks are too hung-up on tradition to even consider it.

Don't get me wrong. I still stand up at ball games and take off my hat whenever it's played. But I feel that someone should take a look at this song and consider what I'm saying.

[Telume]

Call me unpatriotic, but I don't like "The Star Spangled Banner". Or at least the fact that it's the National Anthem.

Before you yell at me, just look at the lyrics to the song.

It's a war ballad; the lyrics are all about war and battle. In this day and age, when it's painfully obvious that there is no glory in war, it's not fitting for such a song to be America's anthem.

It seems Finland has the right idea. Just looking at Mikachu's post, no mention of violence in those lyrics.

I'm not the only one who feels like this, by the way. Many people would love to change it (they've suggested "America the Beautiful" as an alternative) but most folks are too hung-up on tradition to even consider it.

Don't get me wrong. I still stand up at ball games and take off my hat whenever it's played. But I feel that someone should take a look at this song and consider what I'm saying.

A lot of Japanese actually feel like this about Kimigayo and there's very little mention about war, it's just the fact that it sounds Imperialist.



I don't know, it sounds like a nice anthem to me.