From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 17:08:56 MDT
"R. Coyote" wrote:
>
> I was very intimidated as a child from the pledge, because it seemed to me
> like some kind of wierd contract, I was thinking "what's a pledge, what's
> allegiance, why to a "flag" why indivisible what about states?
Since one of my chores as a child was dusting the family furniture, with
"Pledge"(tm) furniture polish, saying the Pledge of Allegiance made me
empathize with this guy named Allegiance (Al for short) who also got
stuck with the dusting chores, and wondered if he had allergies too...
>
> What god... am I in church or what?
>
> I dont realy have a problem with the "God" part, no big deal to me
>
> however IMO the pledge is rather communistic, I think we need something else
> entirely to inspire patriotism (presuming there is a need to inspire
> patriotism at all) in children besides some socialist utopian contract, let
> me attempt to illustrate.
Okay, I feel the same way (it was, after all, written by a national
socialist anyways) but think the pledge should be to the Constitution.
Here's my proposal:
I pledge my dedication to the Constitution,
of the United States of America.
To defend the republic it founded,
against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
To trust my fellow Americans, with
the rights that birth naturally endows.
To exercise my rights, and fulfill the
duties that such power demands.
To accept responsibility, for my own
individual actions.
We are one nation,
of states and individuals,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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