That's what they WANT you to think.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think it makes you a drone, but it's pretty pointless

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even so it's not bad to pay some respect to your country.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

SOME respect. not over the top. maybe if we said it at the beginning and end of the week. something like that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A five minute pledge is hardly over the top, Hitler's youth was over the top. The soviet Russian pro-government programming on television.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well are you happy we aren't communist?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Completely, are you not?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I just think its not needed to repeat the same thing almost everyday

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nothing wrong with paying respect.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll Pay my respects my own way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Patriotism is important in every country.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I agree

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The pledge of allegiance takes you 5 minutes? It takes me like 10 seconds..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Plus moment of silence maybe....it was more of a guess

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh. I was just like, what?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Five minutes is my "go to time". Whenever I don't think a time frame out it is automatically five minutes

by Anonymous 12 years ago

makes sense. I don't have a go time but I have go to phrases and what not.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They become very handy

by Anonymous 12 years ago

yes, yes they do.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We only had to say the pledge in elementary school, and I always suspected that was just their way of making us learn it. I probably wouldn't know the pledge otherwise. I learned all of the anthems because we had to sing them at assemblies, and I know the preamble because they made us memorize it in middle school. I don't know most of Lincoln's Gettysburg address because we never had to memorize that. In a way I don't mind. At least I came out of the school system knowing historical speeches, pledges, and anthems. Yeah, it's patriotic, but I don't think it's over the top, and no one is forced to say it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In my school you DO have to say it. I wanted to tell the teachers about all the Supreme Court cases, but it's too much trouble... I'm against it because you're having kids say things they don't really get. It should have always stayed in its original form. I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well unless your flag isn't the american flag I don't see the difference in the meaning besides the god part which I honestly don't care about.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It was simpler, and the God part does make a difference.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Its like a couple words shorter haha. Im sure they wont mind if you do the original

by Anonymous 12 years ago

See, that's why it sucks. The girl who says the pledge on the loud speaker omitted "under god" one day and there was a shitstorm of backlash on her.

by Anonymous 12 years ago