Personally, I see the flag as representing the ideas behind America and its government as designed and structured, if that makes sense. That is, I respect and love our nation and gov't, if not the current leaders or changes to it. I'm a little wary of the phrase "American values" because (and this is my own knee-jerk reaction) it smacks of Family Values and Christain Morality and other things I think the government should stay the hell away from.
So, no, I'm not pledging allegiance to W and his cronies. I'm pledging it to the ideas that mean we can choose those who represent and govern us, even if we occasionally really botch the decision. Twice. --Ben Gruss Gott wrote: >>Brian wrote: >>"Breaking News: Federal Judge delcares it unconstitutional to recite pledge > > > Does anyone else find it odd to be pledging allegiance? > > I suppose we can draw a line between American government and American > values, but that's a fuzzy line. So do we say the flag represents > American values, American Gov't, or Americans? > > If it represents the gov't then I'm not pledging allegiance because > we're governed by morons (yes, both parties). > > In the end, though, I only really have allegiance to my family. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174171 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
