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Originally Posted by shag
Yeah, If I just won the olympics, I think I'd be raisin' my big swelled head up, and stick my chest out just as far as I could regardless of either anthem. 
I primarily only have one problem with it, which is in the last line: true to our native land. What about being true to our United States of American land. There could be hint of question on loyalty to America, since it wasn't mentioned. |
One must remember the time in which the poem was written...
My thoughts re the young men with bowed heads...as a teen seeing this, I thought their bowed heads were in respect...and they were making a statement.
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