The reference to "God" does not bother me; I usually interpret that as "Higher Power" (something I *do* believe in),
Isn't that just two ways of saying the same thing? I'm not sure what distinction you're making. My problem with it is only partly the implications of Christianity; I am more concerned with the implication that religion should have a role in the secular state. That, I don't like. Any religion. Any state.
Sadly, national anthems are almost always pompous or swaggering.
Might be fun to see then adopt something like soccer songs. Or, as you point out, drinking songs. I think this is because more national anthems AFAIK date to the nineteenth century, and age of hymns, pomp and excess ceremony.
If we get to have personal anthems (why not?) I think mine is "Food, Glorious Food" from Oliver!. Or maybe "Just an Old-Fashioned Girl", as sung by Eartha Kitt. (No, no, just kidding...)
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Re: The National Anthem...
Date: 2008-12-05 08:20 pm (UTC)Isn't that just two ways of saying the same thing? I'm not sure what distinction you're making. My problem with it is only partly the implications of Christianity; I am more concerned with the implication that religion should have a role in the secular state. That, I don't like. Any religion. Any state.
Sadly, national anthems are almost always pompous or swaggering.
Might be fun to see then adopt something like soccer songs. Or, as you point out, drinking songs. I think this is because more national anthems AFAIK date to the nineteenth century, and age of hymns, pomp and excess ceremony.
If we get to have personal anthems (why not?) I think mine is "Food, Glorious Food" from Oliver!. Or maybe "Just an Old-Fashioned Girl", as sung by Eartha Kitt. (No, no, just kidding...)