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From: sam@rocksvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Tribute to Freedom Fighters
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Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 10:35:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 10:35:45 1983
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"--America, America, god shed his grace on thee---"

"My nation, right or wrong."

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States--"

"America: love her or leave her."

"Breathes there a man with soul so dead
 Who never to himself has said:
 'This is my own, my native land---'"
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Don, we're raised on this stuff.  While I can't excuse McGhee's
jingoistic excesses from a rational point of view, I sure can
understand their emotional origins.

Don't you get a little tingle when you hear "O' Canada"?  If not,
what purpose does it serve?

Some days I think patriotism has outlived any usefullness in today's
world.....Now, if I could only get rid of my tingle when I hear
our national anthem------


	sam (weltschmerz from the USA)