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To   : GEORGE POPE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Jan 03 2022 16:29:00

> > I am in the US.  What is wrong with "Oh, Canada"?  I find it moving.
>
> Nothing's wrong with it if you ask people who can think. . .

Those are in short supply in younger generations these days.

> But the new generat8ions want to update it because it has tge line "in all thy
> sons' command" in it.

I wonder how many women who actually serve are offended by that?

In Kentucky, we had to change our state song.  It made a reference to
African-Americans that, while not as offensive as the "N" word, was no
longer considered flattering.  So they changed it to "people."

That is all fine and dandy, except that the song used to be about the
plight of African-Americans in this part of the country during the time
right before the Civil War (1850's).  Now it is about nothing.  IMHO, someone
white was probably offended that our state song was about African-Americans
and started the whole push to change it.

They will eventually remove the word "gay" also, if they have not already
and I missed it.

Mike
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