Indiana College Bans "Too Violent" National Anthem

[Cowboy]

Must be really great to live in Indiana, NOT.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/s...ns-Too-Violent-National-Anthem-128394343.html

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The National Anthem is a tradition at sporting events, but it is banned at Goshen College.

Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the "The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school's president considers the National Anthem's words to be too violent.
The 1,000-student school had already banned the words last year, but the band could still play the music for patriots in attendance. Now, the school has banned the song entirely, according to NBC Sports.
The school’s board of directors told college President Jim Brenneman to “find an alternative to playing the National Anthem that fits with sports tradition, that honors country and that resonates with Goshen College’s core values and respects the views of diverse constituencies.”
Brenneman was okay with that.
“I am committed to retaining the best of what it means to be a Mennonite college, while opening the doors wider to all who share our core values,” Brenneman said. “And I invite others to join us at Goshen College as we make peace in all of its forms, even with the national anthem.”
Art professor John Blosser told The Goshen News that there is much national pride at the school, but that most people aren't going to blindly accept what the country does.
NBC Sports' Rick Chandler weighed in, saying: "I suppose we could have followed the example of the Mennonites and simply fled, giving the nation back to the British. But then we’d all be playing cricket

 

[SShepherd]

Well, untill people grow a set and stand up this stuff will continue to happen

 

[Melensdad]

Indiana is a pretty great place to live, but this college is heavily based on Mennonite religious teachings and they take pacifism to the extreme. FWIW, its ranked pretty low in the liberal arts colleges in the nation (something like 135th or 140th).

Their mission statement includes such gibberish as:

. . . known for leadership in international education, service-learning and peace and justice issues. . . Rooted in the Mennonite Church, one of the historic peace church traditions, the college's Christ-centered mission produces servant leaders who are compassionate peacemakers and global citizens whose academic preparation comes from a passion for learning. . .​

Want to become a minister or social worker, this school may be a fair choice. Want a real job, go to a real school.

 

[SShepherd]

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

it's the star spangled banner FFS!!! Sometimes people can't see the forest for the trees.

 

[mla2ofus]

Maybe enough people will boycott the events to get their attention. As always, $$
talks.
Mike

 

[RedRocker]

How can words be violent?