(December 24, 2013 at 3:08 pm)pocaracas Wrote: wait.... hold the horses...
Kids in public american schools have to "pledge allegiance" to your country, every single day?!
Sheesh! No wonder you guys come across as patriotic freaks, on occasion...
Our patriotism does feel very Orwellian at times.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell