Ah. My school's fairly conservative (save Bizzle and select others...and kind of myself), and we have to "recite" it everyday (the first line or so's coherent after that...not so much). If it was changed, I doubt anyone would notice.

Which is really kind of sad when you think about it.

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I refuse to stand up during it.
My teacher always yells at me too, and I just ignore her.

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WELL AMERICANS, WHAT?
NOTHIN BETTER TO DO?
WHY DON'T YOU KICK YOURSELF OUT?
YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT TOO.

Why do you do that?

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steve

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I miss the old pledge. We never were forced to say anything we didn't want to say, though.

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Is it true that before Hitler and WWII, the pledge was said with an arm stretched out toward the flag?

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Most of our teachers don't say it, either. I, and most other people, stand up out of respect, but I don't think you should have to, and I don't think you should have to say it.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Good for you! I'm glad to see that there are some young people who haven't been indoctrinated into blindly going along with the educational establishment and who aren't afraid of engaging in peaceful civil disobedience!

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Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

Are you insinuating that I'm indoctrinated or blindly going along with the educational establishment?

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Indeed. However, I still say the Pledge because I really do want to pledge allegiance. Not to a flag, not to a leader, or a government, but to an idea.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.