No more national anthem at Indiana college
Indiana has been getting screwier ever since TSO moved there. Goshen College in northern Indiana has decided they won’t play the national anthem at their sporting events because of complaints from students that “the song’s lyrics contain references to using war and military might to defend the country”. Um, “defend” is the operative word here.
The lyrics were written as one man’s reaction to the “dawn’s early light” which broke over a country which had been the night before under a barrage from an invading nation. I understand the religious freedom which is guaranteed to the Mennonite College, but do they not understand that the guarantee was paid for in blood by men who were willing to sacrifice their own lives for your right to be as a big a pussy as you want to be?
This country has been under assault to varying degrees it’s entire existence by foreign tyrants from King George to al Qaeda who consider us a threat to their power and influence in the world. That’s why average people flock here in droves while the tyrants of the world demonize us. The ideals upon which this country was founded are worth defending with every measure of our devotion.
Old Trooper who sent us the link wrote; “The ironic thing is they would all be dead, or slaves, if they tried to pull their crap in many other countries, yet they are free to do as they wish under the blanket of protection provided by those they hate.”
I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness in the wake of Supreme Court decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette which allowed parents to exempt their children from saying the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. I always thought it was strange that I couldn’t pledge my allegiance to the country which not only guaranteed my freedom to worship as I pleased, but also guaranteed my right to not pledge my allegiance to that country.
Kind of like ideological welfare. All of the benefits with none of the sacrifice.
Category: I hate hippies
Have to accept the bad with the good. For the art teacher to say the school is patriotic, but not willing to do patriotism, is an illogical fallacy.
What’s up with that Mitch Daniels fellow anyway? Is Indiana a state or a commune?
You have to love these yahoos that follow the LETTER of the constitution, all the while betraying the spirit of it.
This world gets crazier by the minute. Next thing you know the stars on our flag will be replaced with crescents and the blue replaced with green.
I’m sure they understand what the RED stripes on the flag mean as well…f’n idiots.
Pussy being the operative word. I could say you gotta’ be shittin’ me but nothing that happens in the halls of academia surprises me anymore. Just shake my head and think,
“Ungrateful fools would’nt make a pimple on the collective ass of all those who sacrificed.”
shakes head sadly…turns…walks away….You can’t save fools from being fools.
There will be no Mennonites if this country falls to a muslim extremism or even a liberal extremism. How can they not see this?
Do they (collectively) refuse to acknowlege that they were RUN OFF from every other place they tried to live– it was only in this one where they were free to worship in a way that was different. Without pledging allegiance, can’t they at least show gratitude?
BooRadley – some strains of Xtianity welcome martyrdom. Others welcome dhimmitude. It’s all in the wrist.
Is TSO secretly a lawyer for the ACLU?
Serious question that needs to be investigated.
Actually, the school is following a historical precedent. During the Vietnam War, at least one of the Mennonite colleges in Kansas stopped flying the US flag and there were major anti-war protests at several others. And yes, the Mennonites and Dunkards I’ve talked to who are serious about their beliefs admit that they’ve done a lot of soul searching about the possible consequences of their Christian pacifism. And they know very well what happens to Anabaptists in wartime – that’s why so many were forced to flee Europe and Russia for the US, South America and Canada. The ones that were not killed by mobs or at the hands of the Soviet and other states, that is. And please keep in mind that Mennonites, Quakers and Dunkards and other Christian pacifists have served in the US military as medics and in other non-combat positions.
I disagree strongly with the college’s decision, but I understand where, in their belief system, they are coming from.