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A Conversation Regarding Christina Aguilera Singing the National Anthem

"She should be shot."
"No, no, shooting's too good for her."
"To defame the flag like that--"
"What flag?"
"The flag, you know, the 'salute the flag' flag. The 'pledge of allegiance' flag."
"What did she do the flag?"
"Didn't she spit on it?"
"Did I miss something?"
"I thought she spit on it."
"No, she just forgot a line in the National Anthem."
"Oh, well, from the way they were talking about it on the radio you'd think she spit on the flag."
"Well, she sort of did, I mean, in a symbolic way--"
"The trouble is she's on drugs. They're all on drugs. All those singers."
"I don't think she's on drugs. I just think she has no respect. Nobody has any respect any more for anything."
"They should stone her."
"Yeah, like they do in the Ay-rab countries. Then she'll be happy she's American."
"Let's see her forget the Pledge of Allegiance then."
"The National Anthem."
"What? Oh, right. Yeah. The Star-Spangled Banner."
"No, the National Anthem."
"The National Anthem IS the Star-Spangled Banner."
"No, it's not. The National Anthem is the National Anthem."
"And The Star-Spangled Banner."
"What about Stars and Stripes Forever?"
"That's a different thing altogether."
"I'm so confused."
"This is like American history we're talking about. Didn't they teach you history in school?"
"This isn't history. This is music."
"Well, did they teach you that?"
"They taught us not to forget the words, that's for damn sure!"
"She was probably on heroin."
"Heroin doesn't make you forget words to things."
"Heroin makes you forget that you have fingers! What do you know about heroin?"
"I know things about heroin!"
"So they taught you about heroin in school, but they didn't teach you that the National Anthem is the same thing as--"
"I know about heroin from watching the tv."
"And what else do you know about heroin?"
"I know that it makes your hair fall out."
"That's cancer!"
"And heroin!"
"Does heroin give you cancer maybe?"
"Oh my God!"
"I'm just asking!"
"The point is she's an idiot."
"Agreed."
"Agreed."

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