@AverageJoe1 saidI’m starting to understand that this was never about the school parade, so my apologies for answering to that question. My recommendations for your kids school parade still stand though, and if they ever get the chance to visit I will try and get them a front row view. There are horses and guns, fireworks and a bit of dynamite, so all good family fun.
So my question isn’t whether other schools exist or deserve respect. It’s whether every celebration needs to become a statement about global inclusion, or whether some events are allowed to center on the host alone.
The country has an event with its flag, and the school has a parade with its flag.
You will fit in well with the libs here.
But coming back to what is now the center of your discussion, can a school or a country not have their own celebration, just stay by them self. Yes they absolutely can. But then it’s just marching around in the school yard. And I bet the kids want to get out there on the streets. But on the streets you need to show you have something good to offer.
You don’t have to invite anybody, but then you are also sitting all by yourself self. If you also want to showcase what is special and great about your school ( ohh sorry, wrong again) you need to show it to someone. And you better make sure you catch their attention. I bet the kids calculated right about how they got most dollars out of the parade.
A good merry parade is chance to be known for something that people like, sport, music, joy, an idea that there is a community. Contrast that with a school that closes it self around how it used to be under the old headmaster. You add the soundtrack to that in your mind. I don’t think we want to go to that school, not you, not me.
@Scheel saidThank you, and yes, to my point ,which our usual suspects and have attempted to turn topsy turvy, it is that my contemporaries here in USA were not happy with our annual super bowl show (60th!). We were surprised with a plethora of flags of OTHER nations, this being America, being ostensibly an annual reverent celebration of Unity, and patriotism, with the Military jets flying over. Thrilling. You can see the how curious it is that the Super Bowl here blends traditional displays (60 yrs) of military patriotism, with halftime segments that ELEVATED MANY NATIONAL FLAGS ALONGSIDE OUR OWN!!!**
I’m starting to understand that this was never about the school parade, so my apologies for answering to that question. My recommendations for your kids school parade still stand though, and if they ever get the chance to visit I will try and get them a front row view. There are horses and guns, fireworks and a bit of dynamite, so all good family fun.
But coming back to wha ...[text shortened]... dd the soundtrack to that in your mind. I don’t think we want to go to that school, not you, not me.
This ( military jets) feels like mixing two very different messages about identity on one stage...The USA Super Bowl!
It is logically odd to see an iconic American symbol like the flyover paired with the artistic message that expanded the idea of 'America!" (sorry marauder) to include many nations at once..
Forget the high school parade analogy, even some cluieless Americans did not get it either.