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Anon caused 9/11 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you think people in the UK have to greet royalty every other week or something? I've lived here for 34 years and it's never come up.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I'm sure you're constantly tripping over royalty over there. 😁

But seriously, just the idea of it would bother me, such as:

national anthem - "God Save the King/Queen"
oath/affirmation of allegiance

I just don't think I can swear allegiance to a king or queen, even if it's largely symbolic.

[–] clickyello@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

just wait until you hear about what kids in the US have to repeat every morning at school...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I guess I find that less bad, but I wish it would instead focus on the concepts in the Constitution, not the flag and Republic. I'd rather rewrite it to something like this:

I pledge allegiance to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, and the values therein, of liberty and justice for all.

That reminds me, I need to ask my kids if they're forced to do that. They go to a charter school, and I don't remember seeing a flag in each room. But our state is quite conservative, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was still a thing. That said, they're minors, so any pledge cannot, by definition, be binding in any way.