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I would never stand if someone tried to make me, unless I was under genuine threat. In fact, in school, on about the three times we were supposed to sing "God Save the Queen" I turned my back on and folded my arms and wouldnt sing. I never got in any shit for it though.
I think the point of not doing it is saying "you do not have the right to tell me what to do"... "this is not MY anthem, and I will not recognise it, and you have no right to force me"... the issue of a song may be petty, but the broader issue, that children should be forced to salute a flag whether they want to or not is, frankly.. terrifying to find that some people do not come down on the side of the kids.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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