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<blockquote data-quote="Harpy106" data-source="post: 210234"><p>I wasn't in the least suggesting that God Save the Queen was racist; my point was that maybe others could perceive Rule Britannia or Land of Hope and Glory as racist, what with the Empire and all that (may it rest in peace).</p><p></p><p>Besides which, England doesn't have an official national anthem. God Save the Queen is the anthem of the UK, and I can't somehow see the Welsh, etc saying, "OK, we'll sing God Save the Queen, except when we play England".</p><p></p><p>I suppose my issue is that the Welsh are permitted to be Welsh, the Scots Scottish, and the Irish Irish, but the English have to be <em>British</em>. And one of the ways in which this is evidenced is when it comes to what the band plays/choir sings before national sporting events.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harpy106, post: 210234"] I wasn't in the least suggesting that God Save the Queen was racist; my point was that maybe others could perceive Rule Britannia or Land of Hope and Glory as racist, what with the Empire and all that (may it rest in peace). Besides which, England doesn't have an official national anthem. God Save the Queen is the anthem of the UK, and I can't somehow see the Welsh, etc saying, "OK, we'll sing God Save the Queen, except when we play England". I suppose my issue is that the Welsh are permitted to be Welsh, the Scots Scottish, and the Irish Irish, but the English have to be [i]British[/i]. And one of the ways in which this is evidenced is when it comes to what the band plays/choir sings before national sporting events. [/QUOTE]
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