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Originally posted by Evans, Marv
It was, "America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave." I hadn't heard that in a long time and realized my first feeling and reaction to it was disbelief and lack of connection with it. I almost instantly thought to myself that we aren't the land of the free and home of the brave anmore.
Anybody else?
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I think it was always a silly phrase - because the implication is that Americans are somehow freer and braver than others - and that of course is bunk. It seems to me that American are no freer or braver than any other folks in the western world.
I also find the phrase "God Bless America" ridiculous for the same reason - because the implication is that God would actually bless Americans and not others. Surely that implication is the very height of nationalist arrogance. Why not just say "God Bless"?
This kind of nationalism is always silly. I think it was Einstein who referred to nationalism as "an infantile disorder - the measels of mankind".
And Livi, does it really take a brave man to get up every morning? Are we really that f___ed up? Have we really accumulated that much baggage? Watch your children wake up some morning - or your dog - and try to learn from their simple acceptance of the wonder of a new day - and enjoy.
We will all be dead soon enough - so make the most of the time you have.