Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
>
> It would be nice to leave patriotism in, in the best sense.
> Perhaps a theme to make the finest possible statement about
> one's country and people? Might be good learning for all of use.
>
> Collin
Well, we know what Samuel Johnson (& Ambrose Pierce) had to say
about patriotism :-) Actually, I agree with Collin - the best
interpretation of patriotism is a good, challenging theme.
The trouble most people have had is that the proposed project
didn't pick a particularly sensitive vehicle for expressing the
pride many Americans have in their country. It's all too easy
to read that verse as a dismissive put-down of other countries.
The virtues listed are not uniquely American, but you'd never
know it by reading those lines. As a matter of fact citizens
of several other countries propably feel that their particular
nation does a better job with some of them than does the USA,
so seeing them lauded as American strengths is provocative.
How about illustrating something by Woodie Guthrie instead?
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