Spider John wrote:You want your right to stand or not, but don't feel that the guy next to you shouldn't have his right to free speech?
The fact that someone has the right to be a jackass doesn't mean that he/she should be a jackass.
I agree, but doesn't that cut both ways? I'm wouldn't say Ima's a jackass, but I think it was disrespectful not to stand.
but it isn't our national anthem. I stood for that out of respect to the troops, or Jesus or something I'm not sure any more but I played my part. I don't get why I have to stand for God Bless America though. Do we have to stand for all songs about America now? Will I have to stand for "Born in the USA?" What about that Toby Kieth song about putting a boot in someones ass because it's the American way? Where do we draw the line?
I think that because it's framed as a tribute to the US, and an appropriate song is played, then it's proper to stand.
There is a lot of false patriotism (as discussed in another thread), and we shouldn't do these kinds of things so often that's is so common place and loses it's meaning.
I was thinking along the same lines the other night when I was at a show, and the emcee kept saying give this one and that one a big hand.
