Pledge Update

[Xman]

i fully agree with you dave. and that is very well put. i too agree exactly with the idea of a concept instead of a word game. perhaps then a reasonable route of progress would be a education process to teach the meaning of the pledge and the words of originality. instead of pursueing a costly approach to either remove or include a word. i spoke only from a point of view of equality. for example flag burners of our country have the right to do so. even though i do not agree with it at all. accepting other peoples differences regardless of the drastic differences in lifestlye and opinions. thats what made, and still does to a certain extent, america great. im not a big fan of censorship and taking away of freedom of speech. included here is the freedom to not speak certain things. all i look at is perhaps a agnostic family and their children, for instance, and what perception they may have. being american, they would not be included in this movement.

pointed out , and i didnt know, is the meanings of certain words for example the meaning of good en lieu of god pertaining to religion. that to me is acceptable and i would feel anyone who pledged under that circumstance would feel comfortable with that. except perhaps a satanist participant. its a interesting arguement from either side. i just had to see so many things to be changed on behalf of a certain groups point of view. in all im sure it will turn out for the best as things usually do for a optimistic person.
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