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Old 06-13-2025, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki View Post
Why is a pledge of allegiance at a public community meeting weird?
Personally I think it's a bit of overkill to recite the pledge more than once in your life. Are they worried that I might have changed my mind some time between the last time I said it a week ago, and today?

I pledged my allegiance in 1st grade. My allegiance hasn't changed since then. If it does, I'll move somewhere else, and then I'll make the pledge to the new country. Once.

I wouldn't mind if the pledge was to the Constitution, instead of to the flag, because cloth rips, fades, shreds, burns, rots - and words are forever.