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Re: Pledge (was Re: Flag Burning)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001 07:33:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Stephen Rusnak writes:
> Personally when I recited the pledge in school it went like this: "I
> pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to
> the Replublic for which it stands, one Nation ... indivisible, with
> liberty and justice for all." I felt, and still feel, that there was
> a contradiction in the pledge stating "one Nation under God" and "with
> liberty and justice for all."
Call me wacky, but I'm sort of OK with reciting the pledge, once you're old
enough to know what you're committing to, and with the proviso that you can
leave the godstuff out.
I like the US. Even with all the injustice and repression and deliberate
suppression of third parties and stuff... At least I like it better than
anywhere else, anyway. So I'm willing to acknowlege a contract with it, and
were it to come to the point where I had to defend it, I'd consider
volunteering as well. (we would be in dire straights indeed when a tubby 40+
year old was really truly needed, though)
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| "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:GGqFsC.CvJ@lugnet.com... (...) removed from (...) think that's (...) trivial (...) a kid in (...) and I kept (...) get in a (...) superstition. (...) significant (...) the pledge (...) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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