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I agree---no need for anthem at sporting events

Posted on: November 22, 2017 at 09:35:27 CT

mu7176grad MU

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I hear it started during ww2 and continued.

In VN the few times I went to a movie there was nothing like that. We probably would have booed anyway. lol

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Coming soon to a theater near you - El-ahrairah BAMA - 11/22 09:14:24

I don't give a crap if someone stands or doesn't stand, but - tigerNkc MU

- 11/22 09:59:13

That's not a phony narrative (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:03:41

It sure as **** is(nm) - tigerNkc MU

- 11/22 10:14:05

Your not accepting their beliefs fails to make them - Toger STL - 11/22 10:20:51

No it isn't. You cannot be objective here - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:20:03

Another reason half the world would move here overnight - GA Tiger MU - 11/22 09:47:04

Statism is a religion. Just look at the reaction here - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:36:32

Your no govt ever is your religion pickle. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/22 09:41:41

keep demonstrating your profound and likely permanent - 90Tiger MU - 11/22 09:54:26

Sadly, some can not comprehend sarcasm and humor. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/22 09:58:36

you're not clever enough to pull off either, not that you - 90Tiger MU - 11/22 10:22:28

No, you meant you're aren't capable of comprehending it. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/22 10:38:59

I don't need to imagine your death, nor mine, both - 90Tiger MU - 11/22 10:44:09

Sarcasm usually raises a valid point. - ummmm MU - 11/22 10:06:03

There was neither sarcasm nor humor in your post - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:05:54

Trust me, it amused me greatly. You, not so much. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/22 10:17:59

It's telling that you mock those here - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:23:14

It's telling you think that you aren't mock worthy. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/22 10:35:39

I wasn't born with these views - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:50:13

there's nothing more or less rigid or unchanging in his view - 90Tiger MU - 11/22 10:46:59

There is nothing religious about anarchy - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:43:19

Pickle is an individualist. - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:42:57

Unfortunately it shouldn't be - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 09:41:03

I'm not talking about the protestors - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:45:13

I got thrown out of a NHL hockey game once - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 09:54:26

That's a good example. (nm) - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:57:42

Well--not much of a discussion for sure - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 10:08:02

Their country, their rules. (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 11/22 09:33:17

DECEPTIVE POST ALERT - MIZZOUowns SEC - 11/22 09:32:35

Should have always been your handle.(nm) - Toger STL - 11/22 09:42:05

Why would you play the national anthem before a movie? - SparkyStalcup MU - 11/22 09:30:30

Why would you recite the pledge of allegiance in school? - Role Call MU - 11/22 09:50:49

Conditioning and indoctrination; mass worship - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:45:48

To indoctrinate people into loving the state - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:40:55

They do in the US Military at base theaters (nm) - Salty Dog MU

- 11/22 09:36:15

And I stand. (nm) - tman KC - 11/22 09:37:36

Why??? (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:52:29

Why not?(nm) - tman KC - 11/22 09:55:45

Again, here I am trying to discuss and you refuse (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:06:26

I did discuss at the same level you did(nm) - tman KC - 11/22 10:07:48

You're being childish. I asked you for your reasons - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:11:22

and I yours(nm) - tman KC - 11/22 10:16:29

I have no desire to play this game (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:25:10

If one believes our system is corrupt, a facade to enable - Toger STL - 11/22 10:04:07

Actually I see it as worth our time to try and change it - tman KC - 11/22 10:09:43

To each his own. How many have you convinced here - Toger STL - 11/22 10:19:06

I do too. I didn't stand in the 70s. - Toger STL - 11/22 09:51:55

I agree---no need for anthem at sporting events - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 09:35:27

Is there ever a need for it? (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:53:06

I can see the push during wartime - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 10:05:54

Ok, and what would that purpose during wartime be? - pickle MU

- 11/22 10:12:38

Answered your own question--stir up the masses - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 10:17:02

It was done at all the base theaters I went to (nm) - Salty Dog MU

- 11/22 09:37:06

state worship(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 11/22 09:35:08

Don't ever remember a US theater having the national anthem - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 09:27:36

Every base movie I attended did... - Salty Dog MU

- 11/22 09:38:31

Drive ins always did it(nm) - TheShoe STL - 11/22 09:35:52

they did on base theaters in the 80s and 90s - cnk ATL - 11/22 09:32:22

I was early 70s---nothing like that - mu7176grad MU - 11/22 09:37:15

They did when I was active duty '76-'80 (nm) - Salty Dog MU

- 11/22 09:40:13

Sub in "sporting event" for movie and you get the U.S. - SparkyStalcup MU - 11/22 09:31:05

You could've said that about most sporting events 40 years - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:30:19

do you live in the Phillipines?(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 11/22 09:24:26

"coming soon" not "at a theater near me" (nm) - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:26:24

Do you think a lot of posters here live in the Phillipines? - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 11/22 09:28:44

Have you seen the reaction to the NFL protests? (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/22 09:44:04

Again: - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:29:39

RE: Again: - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 11/22 09:31:51

Yes, that part of his comment would refer to the proximity - ummmm MU - 11/22 09:39:50