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Friday, August 26, 2011

The insanity contnues

Already had one un-f**king-believable post today - here's another.
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Indiana College Bans "Too Violent" National Anthem

First it banned the words, now the whole song

By Greg Wilson
|  Friday, Aug 26, 2011  |  Updated 1:44 PM EDT
The National Anthem is a tradition at sporting events, but it is banned at Goshen College.
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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.”
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They are free to ban whatever they want - and the rest of us are free to shun them.

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