Does anyone else have a problem with children saying the Pledge of Allegiance?

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3. I must have recited the Pledge a gillion times ...

... in school.

A lot of good it did.

I am most decidedly not a U.S.A. nationalist or a super-patriot in any way, shape or form.

Now, my preference is for children not saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and even more for schools to make clear that reciting it is a matter of personal preference and that nothing negative should be drawn from folks who choose not to say the Pledge.

But, in the end, I'm not so sure it matters much.

By the way, I also watched a lot of 'Combat!' and 'Rat Patrol' on TV when I was young ... I must have killed another gillion imaginary Germans when I was little, too. And now, I'm a dedicated anti-war activist. So, one can never tell how a child will turn out by what they are expected to do when in their formative years.