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The Pledge of Allegiance
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It's been over a month now since the 9th circuit court ruled the pledge of allegiance unconstitutional because of the phrase 'one nation under God'. School is now beginning for most students and the court has taken no action. Remember, this is the same liberal ourt that ruled that 'virtual child pornography' on he internet was constitutional. The public's fury over the decision has died down and most people have forgotton about it. This seems to be what the court wants. They don't want negative publicity. They'de rather wait and rule against the pledge.

I hope they rule the pledge unconstitutional. Anyone else hope so too?


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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You haven't kept up with this stuff, have you? The lead judge for the 9th Circuit, the one who wrote the opinion, also issued a stay against it, which means that it will have no effect until after an appeal.

As far as the virtual child porn case, the ruling covered several major problems with the law. Like how do you decide if the person being drawn is underage? Is it because so-and-so says they are? Or the fact that nobody is actually being harmed. Child porn is illegal because it requires doing illegal things with children. Drawing pictures has been considered a form of speech since long before the US existed. Since freedom of speech is explicitly protected in the first amendment, there needs to be a pretty strong reason (much better than "it's offensive") to ban a type of speech.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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Why all the bruhaha over the pledge of allegience to the flag, when it should be a pledge of allegience to the constitution? I think it's a case of the magicians trick of sleight of hand and redirection of attention from the more fundamental issues (involving fealty to constitutional principles) which threaten the republic. The flag is a piece of cloth, the constitution is the charter of the U.S. government and a contract between it and the states - consistently ignored by politicians of both major parties.

Edited by Evolving (08/28/02 04:26 AM)

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ]
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makes sense. no point in swearing to a flag, a banner, an object that simply represents some baffoons calling the shots. swearing to a list of ideas, values that we consider sacred to the existence of this country seems the more logical choice. but in the end its just a marketing game to get lemmings to trust their leaders and stand behind the COUNTRY instead of individual's morals which seem to keep themselves in check better than geee dubya.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ]
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True the flag is cloth, but swearing to it because it is a SYMBOL of our country. It symbolizes who we are, where we came from and what our collective ideals are. Personally I would like it to stay as is. I like the pledge as is because a majority of US citizens gain comfort by believing in some sort of 'god.' The phrase "under God" was added by congress in 1954 by the prompting of the Knights of Columbus. I quit saying the words 'under God' since I was in 4th grade, and that was 17 years ago. Just because I don't say 'under God' doesn't mean everyone shouldn't.

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Frog31337]
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Symbolism over substance. An interesting concept.

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Frog31337]
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i think its rather arrogant and misleading for us to believe we somehow have god's support whatsoever. how bout "one nation in defiance to god"?


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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"I hope they rule the pledge unconstitutional. Anyone else hope so too?"

Not particularly. The pledge thing is a non-issue that is being used to suck up news media attention away from issues that have a real impact on the country. It's nothing but a smoke screen.


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Edited by SoFarNorth (08/28/02 06:42 AM)

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: SoFarNorth]
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The pledge thing is a non-issue that is being used to suck up news media attention away from issues that have a real impact on the country. It's nothing but a smoke screen.

My sentiments exactly.

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: SoFarNorth]
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I agree....i will admit i got sucked in at the beginning.

I like the magic trick analogy...while we look left (the under God issue) they grab right (individual freedoms)...


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ]
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You hit the nail on the head. I don't take the pledge very seriously. That's what my oath to 'support and defend the Constitution' is for. The POA was originally published ina children's magazine, and didn't say anything about god, even though it's author was a Baptist minister as well as socialist activist.

Still, it's a dumb court decision.

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: SoFarNorth]
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My thoughts exactly...

but while we're on the subject: Throw the whole fucking thing out.

I think Donahue summed it up well...

"Our constitution obliges no one to worship, pledge allegiance, or believe in anything, not the flag, not even the United States itself."


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: toxick]
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The pledge was origionaly written without the words "under god".. They should just simply change it back...

The pledge of alegance is verry important to this country with all the terrorism and what not... Kids should be made to look at the flag every day and swear to protect its honor in one way or another..


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: GabbaDj]
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Fuck that.

Why should we have to pledge loyalty to it?
Aren't we allowed to burn it?




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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: GabbaDj]
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It's a little creepy to me to make children pledge allegiance to anything...

SAY THE CHANT, YOU LITTLE FUCKING COMMUNIST.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: toxick]
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I was in my senior year when the 9-11 attacks happened, and everyday after we said the pledge of allegiance. I said it because I wanted to and I've always been kinda patriotic. I don't think people should be forced to say it however. I don't know if I believe in a God or not, but personally it doesn't bother me in the least. If you find the word "God" offensive, then you're just a really liberal pussy. I know atheists who aren't the least bit offended at it, because it doesn't reflect on your personal beliefs.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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It's not a smoke screen intentionally put there to hide real issues. That's paranoid conspiracy nonsense. It is a stupid issue that's not really important. Should there be allusions to religion in it? No, of course not, but it doesn't really matter.

There's a rule in the Canadian house of commons that the MP's can't have any decorations on their desks. A few years ago, one of the Reform MP's was asked to remove a small Canadian flag from his desk and the Reform party went berserk. It's the same kind of issue, completely pointless to debate about because it really doesn't make any difference.

And Rail Gun, you say you're all for free speech? How come the "virtual child pornography" doesn't count? This would include drawings of child porn, or stories about sex with children? Or do the free speech guarantees only count when it's not something that you really, really disagree with?


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ]
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I always thought it was a metaphor.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Eightball]
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i think its rather arrogant and misleading for us to believe we somehow have god's support whatsoever.

Yeah it is kind of ridiculous to just assume that god supports the US. Why are religious folk always telling god what he supports and what he's done?

I bet god is fucking sick of all their shit



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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: GabbaDj]
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The pledge of alegance is verry important to this country with all the terrorism and what not... Kids should be made to look at the flag every day and swear to protect its honor in one way or another..

During my years in the public school system I was made to sing the Canadian national anthem over 2000 times. That is sick. It just becomes meaningless after it's drilled into our soft juvenile minds repeatedly. And why? To somehow lessen the chance of me becoming a goddam communist traitor. It's even worse in the states. They shove patriotism up children's asses because of the cold war.

I still don't know if you were joking or not.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: WhiskeyClone]
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^^^^^^^ Commie


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: WhiskeyClone]
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no one should be forced to sing the Canadian National Anthem...it's bad enough we have to hear it at hockey games...


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Edited by Innvertigo (08/29/02 04:13 PM)

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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I hope it isn't banned. I say brainwash the kiddies. who cares? Why not change it to say, "one nation under the god or gods of your choice"


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ToxicMan]
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>>>>>You haven't kept up with this stuff, have you? The lead judge for the 9th Circuit, the one who wrote the opinion, also issued a stay against it, which means that it will have no effect until after an appeal.>>>>>>

That is not new. The stay was issued on it the same day the ruling was made. The 9th circuit has taken no action on the issue since then.

I do not tihnk that drawn pictures should be banned. I think that pictures of real exploited children modified by technology should be illegal and not considered art. If you take a picture of a kid being raped and change the kids eye color in photoshop is it now virtual and protected by law since it was altered or morphed?


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: ]
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Sounds almost like you read that paper from Jews For the Preservation of Firearms Ownership on the 'pledge to the bilol of rights'. You should all read it. I think I'll post it tomarow.


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"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do."-King Solomon

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Eightball]
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>>>>>>>i think its rather arrogant and misleading for us to believe we somehow have god's support whatsoever. how bout "one nation in defiance to god"? >>>>>>

I think that statement would actually be a more appropriate description of this nations decadence and it's people that have gone a whoring.


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"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do."-King Solomon

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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No, that's not virtual.

I mean, sure, the law sounds pretty awful when you start making up hypothetical situations that certainly wouldn't count.

I'm not sure if pictures of kids that have been photoshopped to LOOK like they're having sex would fit into that law or not, but I don't think they should. Instead, that should count as some sort of slander.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: wingnutx]
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>>>>>The POA was originally published ina children's magazine, and didn't say anything about god, even though it's author was a Baptist minister as well as socialist activist.
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This is what bothers me the most about the oath. It's written by socialists without anything to do with God. And now Christian conservatives have stepped out on a limb to defend it as a symbol or Christian America. That is a stretch. America is not Christian and the pledge has no mention whatsoever of the LORD and is not Christian in any way. They are just so desperate to rewrite history to say that we really are a Christian nation that has lost it's way they are willing to embelish the truth and make up things about the past. It's sickening and detestable IMHO.


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"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do."-King Solomon

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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: GabbaDj]
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>>>>The pledge of alegance is verry important to this country with all the terrorism and what not... Kids should be made to look at the flag every day and swear to protect its honor in one way or another.. >>>>

In 1984 the gov. establishes permanent wars and grabs away personal freedom by brainwashing it's citizenry to mindless *patriotism* and blind obedience. I see that happening now with the war on terror.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Phluck]
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In reply to:
No, that's not virtual.

I mean, sure, the law sounds pretty awful when you start making up hypothetical situations that certainly wouldn't count.

I'm not sure if pictures of kids that have been photoshopped to LOOK like they're having sex would fit into that law or not, but I don't think they should. Instead, that should count as some sort of slander.


You just compromised on the issue. It should be slander. I think if there's no real kids victimized then there's no crime. If the pictures are of real kids being hurt and the pic is morphed to change details it should not be considered art, just kiddy porn.

The way it stands now I think all that's necessary to make a defence it to black out the faces of the children in the pictures so they can't be identified. Then there's no way to prove it's real and no way to prove there's a victim. It is messed up. The courts need to deal with this pedophile loophole.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: GabbaDj]
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LOL


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Innvertigo]
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I hate it at sports events too. It would be so special to hear it only on July 1.


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Re: The Pledge of Allegiance [Re: Ellis Dee]
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A great example of things that could happen if that law had not been challenged:

Every video store and home that owned copies of Traffic or American Beauty, or Lolita could be prosecuted for the portrayal of sex with a person not of age.

The law lacked clarity. When you are saying that all one would have to do is change the eye color of a victim, I believe this to be off-base. My understanding of the judgement on the law was that if there was NO victim, it was not against the law. IE making a "cyber-kid" that does not exist anywhere in the world is ok. The law in itself would make movies like the ones mentioned above illegal, computer generated artwork illegal(however detestable), texts about abuse, etc. It needs to be re-rewritten and it does NEED to be passed when it passes muster.


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