RE: Student sits during pledge of allegiance; gets chair kicked out from beneath him
October 28, 2017 at 3:23 am
(October 28, 2017 at 3:05 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 25, 2017 at 5:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I'm a veteran. I can't be bothered to stand for the pledge, or any other coerced display of patriotism. Am I disrespectful to veterans?
Why would respect be mandatory?
If its forced it loses its point.
That's our whole argument! Making a ritual of showing fealty makes the whole thing pointless! It's the classic thing of using force to lead a horse to the water but in the end, no force can make him drink against his will.
In the end, you have to earn respect. There is no other way. Coerced show of respect is meaningless. It only exposes your inability to earn it.
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