Think about it - I pledge allegiance to the flag - allegiance means unthinking obedience - of the United States of America - as if no other nation has any right existing - and to the republic for which it stands - our Congress is certainly nothing to brag about, our votes dont count in a Republican Congress - one nation indivisible (we fought a war about this - people tend to forget - its one nation, not 50 independent states), with liberty and justice for all (when we have the largest prison population for minority non-violent offenders in the world.) Under God - which one - from its foundation we have had our leaders who are Deist, Christian, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Free-Thinkers, Quakers, Masons, Unitarian, Baptists, Obeyah, Voudoun, Cree, Dine, Ojibwa, Manitou, Hopi - to name a few. I hesitate to pledge to a flag which holds so many contradictions. I can pledge to an ideal, but the ideal is so missed every day that I am surprised there arent more flag-burnings (the proper way to dispose of a flag when it is no longer suitable for public display). I am torn, and my ancestors and family have served proudly in the Armed Forces, Im Navy ROTC by training, and yet I mourn. I pledge allegiance to an ideal that is not just American, but is universal, based on many flags, many nations, many ways of peace, and that is very hard to articulate.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:45:37 +0000
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