re: #235 CapeCoddah

Killgore, the Pledge of Allegiance is a pledge to a nation, not a single person, there is a big difference.

When I first attended school in the US, I was sent to the principle because I would not recite the Pledge - just stand still when it was recited. Since I wasn’t an American - the teacher was told to leave me alone as long as I was respectful. I was a little older than those kids - but knew the issue.

If my daughter was in that position at that age - my issue would have been with the focus on the President - with the author of a kid’s book about the President being there, hyping the book, and apparently putting the video on YouTube. I would have raised an issue about it being inappropriate.