Our national anthem does not contain the word "god".
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, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
The complete song "The Star Spangled Banner" or "The Defense of Fort McHenry" from which it is taken does contain the word "God", but I hardly think it was written as a National Anthem. I wonder how many nations have songs as National Anthems that weren't written specifically as one.
This thread is a bit funny, but just too pathetic to get into. Grun has done nothing here that the same French citizens have been doing for the last 4 years on this BBS. I actually laughed out loud when one of them said "that's the law, but that's not how all French think". I find that particularly funny since it's been the same handfull of individuals that seemingly know how all Americans think and ever fail to realize that the excuses they use to dismiss are actually faults they use to condemn. The sad thing is, I don't really think that's what Grun was trying to drive at.
Oh well... let's keep the country bashing going. This might be the new and improved O'Club, but that doesn't mean we're not about a good ol "let's piss on the other country" debate. Too bad it's not a couple of Canadians being held hostage or grun could have had some real fun.
