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Originally Posted by krystar
i've always had this minor gripe about the pledge. i'm an naturalized immigrant and i totally get the pledge now. but when i was in the third grade and still a chinese citizen, i was pledging allegiance to the united states of america every day and not even understanding what i was saying much unless understanding the meaning of what i was doing.
cub scouts...pledging allegiance to the union? it sounds like so repeated rote behavior and half of them not understanding what it really means.
maybe a bit parfy
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Thats OK - I get weird looks here on the edge of teh bible belt when I don't use the "Under god" part... which was added in the 50s when we were fighting those godless commies
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“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
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