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Originally Posted by crucifissio
I do not hate America I am just stating factual reality that in other countries people have the freedom to do what they want during an anthem and nobody will give them shit...it's no big deal in other, more free, countries...
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Sure, I dare you to go try it in North Korea or Cuba. You will be shot dead on the spot.
And:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/does-unit...101805397.html
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But in other countries, as Jennings alluded to in his comment to the Daily News, there are legal penalties for violating etiquette related to national anthems.
In India, for example, there has been an ongoing debate about whether citizens there can be punished under the ?Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act? for disturbing the anthem?s playing. Offenders could face up to three years in prison for a disturbance.
Russia fines citizens for the offense of mocking its national anthem, and its government is considering adding criminal charges of up to one year of imprisonment or hard labor for the ?deliberate distortion of the musical arrangement or lyrics of the national anthem of the Russian Federation.?
In Japan, some public school teachers in recent years have refused to stand for that nation?s anthem, objecting to its connection to Japan?s former military regime. Japan?s Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that schools could force teachers to sing the anthem, but punishments for teachers refusing to sing can?t be excessive.
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If you are paying attention you'll notice there are no legal implications for anybody sitting or kneeling during the anthem in the US.
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