11-year-old Florida boy arrested for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance

[Honeycombe8]

64. Your disagreement is noted.

Kaepernik's situation is not applicable. He was an adult in a work environment.

JWs and Amish have religious prohibitions...not applicable.

A child is in the process of being taught to respect authority, do things for the good of the group...up to a point. His brain isn't fully formed. He couldn't even tell the teacher why he wasn't standing. It's even possible it was to seek attention, which is not unheard of among children.

If I'd been the teacher, and if the school didn't require it, I would have let it go, probably.

An 11 year old child doesn't choose almost anything. He can't. He's a child. He is in the process of being taught. If he doesn't learn to choose his battles as he grows up, he'll have trouble in the work place...disobeying his bosses, not getting along with co-workers. Once he's learned that, and gets older, he'll be in more of a position to protest at work.

Just my opinion. You have yours.