derby378
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Tue Oct-14-03 04:58 PM
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CNN QuickVote: Pledge of Allegiance |
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Just go to the main page and vote on whether you think the current Pledge should be recited in public schools: http://www.cnn.com
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:00 PM
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1. That's a loaded question. |
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The issue isn't whether or not the pledge per se is unconstitutional, it's whether or not the addition of the words under God are unconstitutional. (I believe they are)
No wonder it's 82% NO.
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:00 PM
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2. Why are people so attached to that archaic garbage? |
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I mean, what good does it really do, anyway?
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:03 PM
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6. It does no good whatsoever |
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It is, however, as close to a prayer as you can get in the public schools.
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:01 PM
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whole lotta freepin' going on - or, whole lotta people who've never thought through the issue
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:01 PM
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4. As always, not a fair question... |
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I think it should ask, "As now written".
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derby378
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:02 PM
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...when I used the words current pledge in my post.
Me, I like Francis Bellamy's original version just fine. Let's adopt that one instead. ;-)
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:23 PM
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12. This is what the exact wording of the poll is: |
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"Do you think having children recite the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional?"
This to me is beyond a loaded question, it completely misrepresents the issue at hand.
CNN couldn't be more transparent.
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:05 PM
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7. That is a stupid question! The main problem is not the pledge it is the |
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MENTION OF GOD THAT WAS ADDED IN THE EISENHOWER YEARS.
I am not pro-pledge either but this questions was terribly written and designed to get the results they did.
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:09 PM
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9. No, actually the main problem IS the pledge itself. |
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It's a loyalty oath. Why are we indoctrinating children to accept as "normal" a pledge of loyalty to...to what? "To the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands..."
To a government.
Uh, folks, the government should pledge allegiance to us - not the other way around.
We are the folks from whom consent must be given for the government to be legitimate. We don't "owe" allegiance to the government- they owe allegiance to us.
It is reprehensible to have this taught in schools.
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:17 PM
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I agree with your position 100 percent.
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:03 PM
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15. actually, under this light, the pledge is a problem too. I stand |
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corrected. Thanks for that statement.
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:30 PM
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...for clarifying for me what it is that I've always believed: "the government should pledge allegiance to us - not the other way around."
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:05 PM
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8. I picked the wrong one - got tricked |
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too many negatives in that question...
Should have been "do you support the pledge of allegiance Yes or No."
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:19 PM
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11. ack... has nothing to do with what people think... it's a concept known as |
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Separation of Chruch and State and people should just accept that, lest we become a theocracy. :eyes:
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Tue Oct-14-03 05:29 PM
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Kind of makes it plain that the two go together in the minds of some! Church & State that is, 'eh?
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:01 PM
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:18 PM
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16. The Pledge of Allegiance |
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is a very fascist kind of thing. Europeans tend to be flabbergasted when they first come across it. Think about it. Allegiance to a FLAG? Okay, so the phrase "And to the country for which it stands" does come immediately after, but still.
And I'm old enough to remember when the "under God" part was put in, and I recall the nuns at my Catholic school did not like that at all. They had a clear sense of the difference between church and state.
I no longer recite the pledge.
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:20 PM
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17. I always do "Heil Bush" when it comes up at school... |
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complete with the associated hand gesture. Luckily, everybody else in my homeroom also ignores it, so nobody notices...they just say on the announcements "Please say the pledge of allegiance".
:evilgrin:
Yes 19% 36156 votes No 81% 158167 votes Total: 194323 votes
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Tue Oct-14-03 06:42 PM
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19. It is loaded. But think about it. |
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Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 06:43 PM by msmcghee
What does saying a pledge of allegiance to a flag or a nation mean? Allegiance means loyalty.
I have no problem being loyal to what our nation and our flag (supposedly) stand for - freedom and liberty and justice for all. But if my nation screws up and goes against those principles, should I not oppose my country for violating those principles?
If we must have a pledge - I think it should be to the idea of liberty and justice for all - not to a flag or a geographic territory - or to a nation that could very well violate those priciples if the wrong kind of people get into office.
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