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July Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-04 09:29 AM
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38. What repercussions?
That she will be singled out and mocked for exercising her right not to say the pledge?

Isn't the principal suggesting that conformity is the best way to deal with a problem of conscience?

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  -Eighth Grader Refuses To Stand For Pledge "Urged By Principal To Do So" matcom  Sep-13-04 10:13 AM   #0 
  - Didn't mean to pressure her  Southpaw Bookworm   Sep-13-04 10:16 AM   #1 
  - Soon it will be a law.  MOLNIBXB   Sep-13-04 10:17 AM   #2 
  - YAAA or Ve Vill throw Yu in Da Coooolar!!  Radicalliberal   Sep-13-04 10:31 AM   #4 
  - My apologies to the German people  MOLNIBXB   Sep-13-04 10:35 AM   #6 
     - I'm part German...I do it also..no big deal. :)  Radicalliberal   Sep-13-04 11:08 AM   #9 
  - It is a law in Illinois  chair094   Sep-13-04 09:13 PM   #24 
  - More proof that we are arguing the wrong issue with respect to the PoA  truhavoc   Sep-13-04 10:24 AM   #3 
  - I'm such a Harry Potter nerd.  lakemonster11   Sep-14-04 06:02 AM   #32 
  - just called them (i live close to west bend)  mark414   Sep-13-04 10:32 AM   #5 
  - well, not standing is doing exactly that  northzax   Sep-13-04 10:39 AM   #7 
  - The whole point is that she shouldnt be singled out for her actions here  Caution   Sep-13-04 11:00 AM   #8 
  - well, given that the responsibility of schools  northzax   Sep-13-04 12:39 PM   #10 
     - did you actually go to school? The problem is that this is a matter  Caution   Sep-13-04 01:02 PM   #12 
     - Eight years active duty  oneighty   Sep-13-04 04:43 PM   #20 
     - The principal was a WOMAN if you bothered to read the article.  politicat   Sep-13-04 02:20 PM   #15 
     - The key word is "Teach", not "indoctrinate."  smirkymonkey   Sep-13-04 11:14 PM   #28 
  - There's a difference between not showing respect...  DrWeird   Sep-13-04 12:47 PM   #11 
  - perhaps that's true  northzax   Sep-13-04 01:14 PM   #13 
  - Sure, when you're in a church. She's in a public school.  politicat   Sep-13-04 02:18 PM   #14 
  - true, but it's the same decision  northzax   Sep-13-04 02:25 PM   #16 
     - But public school is mandatory. Church is a choice.  truthspeaker   Sep-14-04 08:05 AM   #34 
     - What repercussions?  July   Sep-14-04 09:29 AM   #38 
  - Oops.. moved my reply to the right place  ChoralScholar   Sep-13-04 09:03 PM   #22 
  - Bullshit. Nationalism should not be enforced.  truthspeaker   Sep-14-04 08:05 AM   #33 
  - Disagree.  July   Sep-14-04 09:24 AM   #37 
  - spoke with member of the administration  mark414   Sep-13-04 03:39 PM   #17 
  - As the article was written.. I think everything was handled  Jokinomx   Sep-13-04 04:06 PM   #18 
  - You vill stand und say die pledge or die SA vill kome affter you!  Endangered Specie   Sep-13-04 04:14 PM   #19 
  - the same people who claim to be ultra religious  cheezus   Sep-13-04 05:18 PM   #21 
  - Court Case Here:  ChoralScholar   Sep-13-04 09:08 PM   #23 
  - Thank you, I was looking for that  Moonbeam_Starlight   Sep-13-04 09:32 PM   #25 
     - well, you know...  ChoralScholar   Sep-13-04 09:37 PM   #26 
     - Moonbeam.. you and I seem to certainly see eye to eye on several  Jokinomx   Sep-14-04 08:33 AM   #36 
  - That's a pretty standard response.  LWolf   Sep-13-04 10:42 PM   #27 
  - This is a huge issue at my school...  Nightowl_2004   Sep-13-04 11:20 PM   #29 
     - How is pleging allegiance or not pledging allegiance  Moonbeam_Starlight   Sep-13-04 11:29 PM   #30 
        - It's not going to directly affect our soldiers, but  Nightowl_2004   Sep-13-04 11:36 PM   #31 
           - That's what Veterans Day and Memorial Day are for, not the pledge  truthspeaker   Sep-14-04 08:07 AM   #35 
           - They didn't fight so you could pledge, and the flag doesn't grant anything  July   Sep-14-04 09:33 AM   #39 
 

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