Now, y'see, I'm all about the solemn oaths and the big words and the pledges and stuff - but only if people have a choice about doing it. Pledges of allegiance don't produce a sense of citizenship - it's pride and love for your country that make people want a pledge in the first place. You can't just impose something like this, like a band-aid over a gangrenous wound.
Besides, all the coolest stuff about England is older than people remember. If I'm going to pledge allegiance to England I demand that King Arthur, the Wild Hunt, the White Goddess and possibly Sir Francis Drake get mentioned in there somewhere. *nods*
But I'm glad people are snarking Britishly at it. Makes me think we maybe have more sense of nationality than people think after all. ;)
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Date: 2008-03-13 10:54 am (UTC)Besides, all the coolest stuff about England is older than people remember. If I'm going to pledge allegiance to England I demand that King Arthur, the Wild Hunt, the White Goddess and possibly Sir Francis Drake get mentioned in there somewhere. *nods*
But I'm glad people are snarking Britishly at it. Makes me think we maybe have more sense of nationality than people think after all. ;)