Poll: The pledge of allegiance.

The US flag is a symbol, nothing else. It used to represent freedom and liberty.

It seems that if you wear a lapel pin with the flag, people just assume you belive in the same values it's supposed to represent.

Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Penguin_dragon

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In the UK we don't waste our time with it.Samwel_X

I dont think were allowed to fly our nations flag, only the Union Jack.

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Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

SilentSoprano

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Two more for option 3 I guess. :P

Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Penguin_dragon

you're right, in fact, we should also salute it the way they did originally.

Do you promise to do what the flag tells you to do? Well, do you?SpaceMoose

Congratulations on utterly missing the point.

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Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Hewkii

you're right, in fact, we should also salute it the way they did originally.

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That looks awesome. I am going to be jumping on this bandwagon.

Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Penguin_dragon

It's an American right to not have to.

Yes, I do, because I'm not some hippy liberal whose to lazy to take 30 seconds out of their day to honor an age old tradition of the nation which has so happily accepted you.

Penguin_dragon

So basically, you're accusing them of being lazy hippie liberals whilst claiming that "the nation" has accepted them.

Lol at people taking my comment seriously. The internet sucks at projecting sarcasm. Penguin_dragon

You didn't even bother to indicate your sarcasm. How are we supposed to know that you're being sarcastic when this forum is filled with people who actually think like that?

[QUOTE="Penguin_dragon"]Lol at people taking my comment seriously. The internet sucks at projecting sarcasm. jointed

You didn't even bother to indicate your sarcasm. How are we supposed to know that you're being sarcastic when this forum is filled with people who actually think like that?

Well sorry, to me it looked too absurd to be taken so seriously.

I'll be sure to take my time in posting someway as to indicate sarcasm in my future posts. [/sarcasm]

Yes?

The flag tells me to kill kill KILLxaos

Teacher makes us do it, so I always stay one word behind, for the lulz.

Class: I pledge allegiance...

Me: ................allegiance...

Ain't I silly?:|

I pledge to the flag because it represents my country, my family, and the troops that fight for my country. Complaining about the pledge of allegiance, to me , is like how people file a lawsuit because someone accidental stepped on their foot.

If those not from the US want to know something about the US flag and our praise for it this might help:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1RIJkJaLBc

Pointless, stupid, and slightly scary. Pretty much sums it up.

I pledge to the flag because it represents my country, my family, and the troops that fight for my country. Complaining about the pledge of allegiance, to me , is like how people file a lawsuit because someone accidental stepped on their foot.

If those not from the US want to know something about the US flag and our praise for it this might help:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1RIJkJaLBc

AgileNate

I can't watch rabidly patriotic americans babble about their precious cloth, sorry. It drains my will to live.

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I pledge to the flag because it represents my country, my family, and the troops that fight for my country. Complaining about the pledge of allegiance, to me , is like how people file a lawsuit because someone accidental stepped on their foot.

If those not from the US want to know something about the US flag and our praise for it this might help:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1RIJkJaLBc

smarb001

I can't watch rabidly patriotic americans babble about their precious cloth, sorry. It drains my will to live.

Go back to 1940 A.D. Germany you nazi.

Don't like the fact that I said A.D. instead of B.C.E.? Go suck on a lemon.

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I pledge to the flag because it represents my country, my family, and the troops that fight for my country. Complaining about the pledge of allegiance, to me , is like how people file a lawsuit because someone accidental stepped on their foot.

If those not from the US want to know something about the US flag and our praise for it this might help:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1RIJkJaLBc

smarb001

I can't watch rabidly patriotic americans babble about their precious cloth, sorry. It drains my will to live.

People like you make me proud to be American. Your from the UK you wouldn't understand but that doesn't mean I am gunna criticize all Europeans because of a few words you say. Sounds like you drain your own will to live.

"I do it, but mostly only because I don't want dirty looks." whoever put this should know i'm giving them a dirty look right now.

The flag is symbolic of our country. When you pledge allegigence to the flag your really pledging alligence to your country.

I never do it. In advisory, I need to do as much homework as a I can.

Besides a lot of people just say it and don't think twice about it. So where I live, there's no real importance.

People from other countries, especially british people should shut their ******* mouths when it comes to traditions we have. If you don't like it, shut the **** up and move on.The_Mac_Daddy

I'm with you brother!

I think talking to an inanimate object to become a citizen is absurd. It doesn't hold authority the way a person does.

In Canada i think it makes a lot more sense. We pledge allegiance to our Queen, a real person.

The pledge should be to either the head of state or the government overall. not a flag

I think talking to an inanimate object to become a citizen is absurd. It doesn't hold authority the way a person does.

In Canada i think it makes a lot more sense. We pledge allegiance to our Queen, a real person.

The pledge should be to either the head of state or the government overall. not a flag

BuryMe

The flag represents our country as a whole(everything it stands for).

"I do it, but mostly only because I don't want dirty looks." whoever put this should know i'm giving them a dirty look right now.

The flag is symbolic of our country. When you pledge allegigence to the flag your really pledging alligence to your country.

kingyotoX

So does that mean the government or the land mass or the Constitution or what?...

Did you know that 98% of American's don't know how to recite the Pledge of Alleigance, and that if you're part of the 2% you probably went to an elementary school in America.

On another note did you know that 70% of statistics are made up?

In the UK we don't waste our time with it.Samwel_X

I'd hope that you guys don't pledge allegiance to the US flag. :P