tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post2031830086291123754..comments2008-10-13T09:17:56.887+01:00Open Europe blog teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16171019222913793556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-15020320245616737822008-10-13T00:47:00.000+01:002008-10-13T00:47:00.000+01:00Flying the English flag is said to offend the minority (who shouldn't be here if they feel that way), I would like it known that flying the EU flag would offend me!<BR/>I will never sing an EU anthem.<BR/>And the motto means nothing to me.John H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-77743732666138710352008-10-10T16:54:00.000+01:002008-10-10T16:54:00.000+01:00You can still vote YES to Free Europe at www.FreeEurope.info !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-81266479884735634742008-10-09T21:12:00.000+01:002008-10-09T21:12:00.000+01:00If I recall correctly, Beethoven called the song "Ode to Joy" because he wanted to call it "ode to Freedom" but freedom was a forbidden word in Prussia at the time. German for freedom is frieden and joy is freude in German, so the words sound similar.<BR/><BR/>Does this make the anthem totally inappropriate because it's about freedom, when we are denied it. Or is it nicely ironic, given that our freedom like Beethoven's is being curtailed?Chris Hnoreply@blogger.com