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I think decorum and protocol are right for particular, routine events like changing of the guard. But decorum and protocol are the exception, not the rule. We’re not going to live like this is some never ending ceremony. Sometimes you just have to be real.

So are the NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem are just being, or keepn’ it “real”? So decorum and respect are conditional based on whether you think or “feels” there should be an exception? And I would hardly call the solemn ceremony at Arlington “routine” regardless of how many times a day it happens and 365 days a year. But playing the National Anthem before sporting events and many other events in this country I would consider as more “routine”.

And the reason the stewardess gave was that our national anthem would offend foreigners. Your post and others above seem to be supporting this garbage.

First of all, it was the doctor who said the flight attendant gave her that as the reason. We only have her word that that is what the FA actually said.

Next, go back and re-read what I posted. Nowhere did I, or anyone else support or even suggest that anyone should refrain from signing or performing the National Anthem as to not offend foreigners. If you got that out of what I and others posted, then you have a serious reading comprehension problem.

But I still stand by what I said. When a body of the fallen serviceman and his (or her) military escort(s) and or the family are being taken off the plane, it is customary for the airline to make a brief announcement and the passengers are asked to remain seated and it is requested and rightfully so, for everyone to remain if not silent, then at least quiet while they and the body deplanes. When the casket of the deceased is removed from the plane and moved to a waiting hearse, there is a protocol and a solemn ceremony as there is along every step of the journey.

I love our National Anthem and I’d never take a knee or be in anyway disrespectful.

But there is a time and a place for everything and this was not the time and place to conduct an impromptu “flash mob” style sing along, and this woman, while her heart was in the right place, it was not IMO the right and respectful thing to do, And the FA, even if she was wrong in the reason she allegedly gave, she and the flight crew were correct in asking the passengers to remain seated and silent out of respect until the body and the escorts and the family if on board the plane, get off.

FWIW, if you are interested, the National Anthem is not customarily played at military funerals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_music_customs#Funeral_honors

And here is the original code of the National Anthem adopted in 1942.

http://www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com/0political/patriotic/nationalanthem.pdf