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Thread #51051   Message #776177
Posted By: SharonA
03-Sep-02 - 10:43 AM
Thread Name: Song memorial for September 11
Subject: RE: Song memorial for September 11
I don't know about that, Mrrzy; "We Shall Overcome" has too much of an us-against-them message to suit those who object to the US military presence in Afghanistan and the threatened military action against Iraq. My own discomfort with the song has more to do with the evangelical Christians' use of it as an us-against-the-devil message. But then, I'm not comfortable singing "Amazing Grace" or "America the Beautiful (with that "God shed His grace on thee" lyric)" either.

I don't have anything better to suggest, though. The only song that comes to mind is "Home, Sweet Home (Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home)". Still, I suppose that song would work for the nationalists as well as those who believe that the souls of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks flew to some spiritual "home".