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I'll stand for the national anthem....I'll actually sing along, because I actually like the tune. I'm tone deaf and my singing leaves a lot to be desired...I'm sure others around me are physically hurt by my efforts.
As a new USC, I'm still not comfortable with the hand on heart thing!

Seriously, whatever country I'm in, and their national anthem's being played or sung, it's really no big deal for me to stand and show respect. Same when people pray, I've got no problem with looking respectful. It doesn't hurt me to do it at all.

BTW....I know men should remove hats, caps whatever....is it correct for ladies to keep theirs on? I've had both sides of this so far.:unsure:

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According to most sources I've seen, women's hats are exempt from being removed during the playing of the US anthem. This jibes with the old rule of most American churches from the "old days", wherein men are supposed to remove hats in church and women to keep theirs on.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....tional-anthem/

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The Soviet Russian anthem is probably the most stirring imho.:thumbsup:

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Patriotism is often equated to nationalism.
The extreme left has tried to force that equation because Patriotism stood in the way of Communism’s basic concepts as a political religion.
When people are bonded and work together toward a cause everything can be possible. This concept is lost on Europeans who prefer to bond on the basis of familial connections in the south and on the basis of class in the north.
Zhou Enlais hopped people would forget that individuals were expendable in his world view, as long as he was not an expendable individual.
That said America is young and new and not burdened by what Churchill said for the Balkans and can be said for most of Europe. (“The Balkans produce more history than they consume.”
“My country, right or wrong” was never my experience in the United States.

In fact, I have never been in another country that accepted self-criticism by its own citizens and most importantly criticism by every other nation in the world (Germany being a kind of an exception for historical reasons we all know). Europeans went as far as to ask for a say in who is the president of the U.S.
The United States is the leading power because no other country is willing to pay the bills in keeping shipping lanes open and investing in inventing new technologies in medicine and other areas.

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I stand up for the anthem, any anthem, it's respect for the country regardless.

Other than that, I stand up to piss.

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I love the French one:thumbsup:


:lol:

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The old Soviet Union anthem, or the current Russian one? :confused: .... There was also another post Soviet Union Russian anthem used in the 1990s.

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I thought the current Russian anthem was just an adaptation of the old Soviet one, as sung so memorably by the submarine crew in "Hunt for Red October"? I have to admit to a fondness for "God Save the Tsar"! Also, during the World Cup I enjoyed the Uruguayan anthem -- there's something like a minute of orchestral intro and then everyone joins in and sings like mad for the second half of the song.

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So you're talking about the tune that the Labour party used to sing "The Red Flag" to, and is used for "Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree" in the US? .... Because I hate that tune, with a vengeance. It's a dreary, drudgy piece of crap. :frown:

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O Tannenbaum? As immortalised by Citizen Smith :nod:

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That's the one, .... and Citizen Smith was a funny show, but not one I've thought about in a long time. Very much a product of it's time, I think, and probably has not aged well if I saw the shows again today. :unsure:

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It's a British comedy - they specialise in aging well ...

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No, that's the Internationale, which was replaced by the Soviet anthem now used by Russia. (The Internationale is the one that kids in the UK used to sing with a giggle using "naughty lyrics", if anyone remembers that!)

Here's the Red October scene -- there's a couple of minutes of dialogue before they start singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsC2ETsZL0g

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Yeah, I know, that was exactly my point when I questioned the ambiguity of post #109. :) (It was unclear if the poster liked The Internationale, the current Russian anthem, or even the one in between?)