I mean Kazakhstan anthem accuses other countries of being run by little girls and claims all other countries have inferior potassium.

BARCS. Just keep checking in regularly and with the other shelters further out.

So not the anthem. The poem?

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if you can travel a bit further, you can try shelters in the suburbs. I know Harford county Humane society has a pretty big shelter. PetSmart also has adoption days. also try petfinder.com

This guy doesn’t seem to have heard many anthems. France, Mexico, Italy, Cuba, Russia, etc. All speak of war, many specifically about war against another country

Yeah, it's pretty brutal. The first verse and refrain of the French national anthem translated into English:

"Arise, children of the Fatherland Our day of glory has arrived Against us the bloody flag of tyranny is raised; the bloody flag is raised. Do you hear, in the countryside The roar of those ferocious soldiers? They’re coming right into your arms To cut the throats of your sons, your comrades!

To arms, citizens! Form your battalions Let’s march, let’s march That their impure blood Should water our fields."

Most recently exported themselves out of Europe

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From the third verse:

No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave

That is just the first of four verses.

From the third verse:

No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave

Dutch Courage in Old Goucher!

He pitches for the orioles, so of course he is going to mention Baltimore.

Apparently there is a verse that promotes slavery. I hadn't heard of it until I just googled it now. I'm assuming that is what the commenter is alluding to?

Pretty sure independence from England is celebrated nearly every day or every few days.

Personally I’d prefer a national anthem without the rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air but I guess that does describe this nations m.o. quite accurately.

I don't disbelieve you, but can you explain which lyrics?

It doesn’t at all?

Oh, say, can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd At the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd Were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare The bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the brave?

Where are the lines threatening slaves?

It has racist lyrics threatening slaves so I can’t support it.

It has racist lyrics threatening slaves so I can’t support it.

Possible criticism: The song is pretty martial for an anthem sung at international sporting events. Though it is pretty similar to the Polish and Ukrainian anthems in that way. A lot of anthems are based on 19th century nationalistic poems with similar themes.

Ha yeah, Maryland My Maryland is a protest song, which would be cool except it is protesting the Lincoln administration.

The US anthem isn’t that bad, I feel like. Maryland’s is all “Go John Wilkes Booth!” though :/