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Originally posted by shavixmir
Anyone who pledges allegiance to a flag, a country or a religion is a nasty pervert who should be dragged out and shot before he (or she) screws up our world completely.

I would not fight for my government if I found them morally wrong.
I would not fly my country's flag, if it represented something I did not agree with.
I would not support my relig ...[text shortened]... y and humanity. That's what these blabbering morons should be forced to pledge allegiance to.
And Richard Stands. I hate that jerk.

A lot of kids get confused later in life, wondering who he was and why we all pledged allegiance to him.

"...and to the Republic, for Richard Stands."

Complete the analogy;

'Mountain' is to 'molehill' as ____ is to 'Pledge of allegiance'.

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Originally posted by Delmer
Only you would date a woman with a beard...
Reminds me of the Miller's Tale in Chaucer when Absolom kisses a woman's backside by mistake in the dark: " He starteth back affeard, full well he knoweth a woman hath no beard, for he felt a thing all rough and longyheard".

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Anyone who pledges allegiance to a flag, a country or a religion is a nasty pervert who should be dragged out and shot before he (or she) screws up our world completely.

I would not fight for my government if I found them morally wrong.
I would not fly my country's flag, if it represented something I did not agree with.
I would not support my relig ...[text shortened]... y and humanity. That's what these blabbering morons should be forced to pledge allegiance to.
I doubt that you are 'pledged' to anything.

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Originally posted by Cartan
I doubt that you are 'pledged' to anything.
Go on grandpa Horse, tell us what you're pledged to.
Tell us.

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Originally posted by Coconut
Who even knows what these words mean without having to think it over? Who could answer if you asked them? Certainly not the schoolchildren that are forced to say it.

I was visiting a church club about a week ago and the adult commander was leading the K-6th graders in the Pledge to the American Flag. Once it was over, he said "Freeze." He then walked arou ...[text shortened]... d the hand over the heart salute after Hitler used what was our method, the hand straight out.
Of course you would find American patriotism not to your liking since it involves duty, honor and sacrifice. You're a morally deformed heathen and doomed to die in the muck. My advise to you: Raise yourself up, walk upright and quit being a beast.

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Originally posted by Von Bardeleben
they should adopt the fascist salute and the "white power" symbol
And you should go back into your race-baiting, America-hating cave.

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Originally posted by Coconut
...The United Stated adopted the hand over the heart salute after Hitler used what was our method, the hand straight out.
And Europe has adopted the gun-confiscation legislation used by Hitler to disarm Germans, which led to the slaughter of millions. Which is worse?

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Originally posted by Coconut
What if they learn what it means and don't want to say it?
What if they learn English but don't want to speak it? What if they learn Western values but don't want to practice them? What if they learn normal gender roles but don't want to practice them? I'm with you -- we should get all the illegals, Muslims, and gay, lesbian and transgendered kids out of public schools and place them somewhere else where they can be their authentic selves.

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Originally posted by Coconut
I was visiting a church club about a week ago and the adult commander was leading the K-6th graders in the Pledge to the American Flag. Once it was over, he said "Freeze." He then walked around and reprimanded any child not properly saluting the country. Made me ill.

I find it ironic that a church goer is upset that a nationalist is muscling in on his territory...
That's what I call friendly competition.

Maybe you were there to pick up a date or something though.
Religious fundamentalists are roughly equal to national fundamentalists.

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Originally posted by Coconut
One was made to sit in the middle of the circle for the next portion of singing. Others were strictly, not kindly, reminded how to blindly give your life to the government.
Then move your ass to China if you think it's so bad here.

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Originally posted by slimjim
Then move your ass to China if you think it's so bad here.
Poor old Slimjim. Still got your head up your arse then, eh?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Poor old Slimjim. Still got your head up your arse then, eh?
I'd rather put my boot into yours.

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Originally posted by slimjim
I'd rather put my boot into yours.
Your aggression, although symptomatic of your upbringing, is beneath you.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Your aggression, although symptomatic of your upbringing, is beneath you.
And your stupidity is par for the course.

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Originally posted by slimjim
And your stupidity is par for the course.
Anyone who blindly follows any country has their facial orifices severely jammed up another orifice. There's no other way to look at this fact.

But you go soldier!

Both my arms and legs
Are torn to shreds
My eyes are tired and grey
I've lost a stone
I'm just skin and bones
And when I come home today
Look away...look away
Turn your eyes to the children
I don't want you to see me this way
Because I'm all twisted and broken
I've started drinking
And chain smoking
And I don't speak anymore
Unless I'm spoken to
I'm a G.I. and i'm blue

Look away...look away
Turn your eyes to the children
I don't want you to see me this way

Look away John F. Kennedy
Look away Franklin D. Roosevelt
Look away George Washington
Thomas Jefferson and Brother Jonathon
Look away Bob Hope
Look away Uncle Sam
Look away Ronald Reagan
Look away Dixieland

Oh God I wish
I was in Dixie
In Dixie with you
I'm a G.I. and I'm blue

- Carter USM -