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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I love how that gets thrown back at us all the time...."Land of the Free my ass...." Can't tell you how many times I've read that on this board. In 1812 when the song was written the US was most certainly the Land of the Free. Forgive us for not updating the song to reflect the various restictions that have been placed on American citizens since.  |
I can't tell if you are serious or not but in 1812 in the USof A you had black slavery and the invasion and extermination of Indians and wanted to expand from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Pole as evidenced by your invasion of Canada.