So driving in this morning, I heard on the news that once again our politicians are thinking of changing the wording of our national anthem to make it more "Gender Neutral" Their complaint is in the stanza: "For thine sons command". GRRR.. Sometimes I feel that people have WAY too much time on their hands now days. It is ONE word in a song that has been around for centuries. Okay so when the song was first created women weren't allowed in the military so the line made more sense. Does that mean we NEED to change it to fit with our modern times OR do we just leave it as it is as part of our heritage. People are intelligent enough to realize that things are different now in the modern age... without having to be reminded by our national song. In other words, just because we sing "For thine SONS command" doesn't mean we think that ONLY the male gender is appreciated by our country.. FAR from it. You only need to look at the Olympics this year where are women KICKED BUTT to see how great Canadian females are... and THEY sang the anthem as is.. Just my two cents.. :-)
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