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<DIV>Donovan,</DIV>
<DIV>I did not claim that anyone made the recommendation to quit saying the
pledge because at the time I posted I had no idea who had made the suggestion.
It was my own idea that saying the pledge was and is a waste of time. And might
I add that at no time did I say anything about anyone's right to say the pledge
privately whenever they so chose. Saying the pledge is like saying a public
prayer; it is an effort by believers to force nonbelievers (whatever the belief
might be; religious,patriotic, political and so on) to comply with the believers
version of reality, no matter how screwy and non-rational that belief might
be.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia size=3 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Don
Huskey<BR><BR>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>