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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 241081" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>That's really odd.</p><p></p><p>We were taught in school (Georgia public schools) the rules of decorum around the flag and we were told to stand with our hands at our side and sing. When I was a young man I began to notice (primarily at Braves games) that fewer and fewer people were singing, to the point that I was virtually the only one in my area singing for years. It seemed like after many years of this people decided if they put their hand over their heart it excused them from singing. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I still do not put my hand over my heart but I always try to sing. And when I see other people putting their hands over their heart it always makes me think they have confused the pledge with the anthem.</p><p></p><p>But then, most people get the display of the flag wrong. When the tea party first got started they had lots of demonstrations with people holding the flag upside down. They erroneously thought that the international sign of distress was appropriate. However, we live in a country in which displaying the flag upside down, or even burning it, is simultaneously inappropriate decorum directed toward the flag but protected free speech because of what the flag stands for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 241081, member: 1640"] That's really odd. We were taught in school (Georgia public schools) the rules of decorum around the flag and we were told to stand with our hands at our side and sing. When I was a young man I began to notice (primarily at Braves games) that fewer and fewer people were singing, to the point that I was virtually the only one in my area singing for years. It seemed like after many years of this people decided if they put their hand over their heart it excused them from singing. Anyway, I still do not put my hand over my heart but I always try to sing. And when I see other people putting their hands over their heart it always makes me think they have confused the pledge with the anthem. But then, most people get the display of the flag wrong. When the tea party first got started they had lots of demonstrations with people holding the flag upside down. They erroneously thought that the international sign of distress was appropriate. However, we live in a country in which displaying the flag upside down, or even burning it, is simultaneously inappropriate decorum directed toward the flag but protected free speech because of what the flag stands for. [/QUOTE]
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