[Dixielandjazz] The National Anthem
JimDBB@aol.com
JimDBB@aol.com
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 01:50:16 EDT
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In a message dated 10/24/02 8:09:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
charliehooks@earthlink.net writes:
> What we are talking about, Jerry, is appropriateness-inappropriateness. We
> are talking about taste and the lack of it. We are talking about purpose:
> elevating your nation, or hyping your own ego. This has absolutely nothing
> whatsoever to do with whether an anthem is good or bad, singable or not,
> ill
> or well chosen--any of those things. We are talking, in short, about
> common
> sense, which, apparently, is less common each year and never more clearly
> in
> short supply than in opening ceremonies.
>
> cordially,
> Charlie
Frame this, Charlie. An instanat classic.
Jim Beebe
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/24/02 8:09:21 PM Central Daylight Time, charliehooks@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What we are talking about, Jerry, is appropriateness-inappropriateness. We<BR>
are talking about taste and the lack of it. We are talking about purpose:<BR>
elevating your nation, or hyping your own ego. This has absolutely nothing<BR>
whatsoever to do with whether an anthem is good or bad, singable or not, ill<BR>
or well chosen--any of those things. We are talking, in short, about common<BR>
sense, which, apparently, is less common each year and never more clearly in<BR>
short supply than in opening ceremonies.<BR>
<BR>
cordially,<BR>
Charlie</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Frame this, Charlie. An instanat classic.<BR>
<BR>
Jim Beebe</FONT></HTML>
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