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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainJ, post: 254481, member: 1553"] As much as I love my country, the patriotic songs during sporting events does little other than reinforcing the "us and them" mentality(which sports themselves tend to do the same), which is helpful when it's time to beat the war drums. It helps make everything black and white in the eyes of the masses, "you're either in or you're out". I know I'm either going to draw ire or bore folks with this, but it saddens me to think how far we have regressed in questioning our government and who really runs it since the 60's. And this board and the many like it are testament that Huxley was just as right as Orewell. [/QUOTE]