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daaron

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17. Yah, I just stick "indivisible" back in.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:31 AM

Jun 2012

Of course, when I play "House of the Rising Sun," I do the original folk version from the POV of a woman, not the lame rock version from the POV of a man. Never been into changing lyrics of folk songs to suit myself or my times.

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Yeah, there's a tight Senatorial race in Massachusetts. rug Jun 2012 #2

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Gotta be practical, whether we like it or not. elleng Jun 2012 #4

Guess what all new incursions into church-state melding say? trotsky Jun 2012 #5

Those 'incursions' are mistaken, wrong factually, elleng Jun 2012 #15

Yet that's what they use. trotsky Jun 2012 #16

Shouldn't do what's right for fear of ill will? Ninjaneer Jun 2012 #18

I disagree with the court and think it should be removed. cbayer Jun 2012 #6

The gist of it is that the recitation is voluntary, it is not a prayer rug Jun 2012 #8

Voluntary with a grade school child, with all the attendant peer pressure, cbayer Jun 2012 #9

There is that. rug Jun 2012 #10

Not forbidden, imo, but should be voluntary to the extent possible. cbayer Jun 2012 #11

I agree entirely with your position in this thread longship Jun 2012 #13

I stopped saying the pledge in the late sixties or early seventies struggle4progress Jun 2012 #7

Yah, I just stick "indivisible" back in. daaron Jun 2012 #17

I grew up reciting the pledge in school OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #12

Jesus...they should just stop reciting that creepy ass pledge altogether. Evoman Jun 2012 #14