Or so says the BBC, the rest of the article is slightly clearer as to the meaning, though.
Archive for August, 2007
UK ‘lags behind’ on cancer deaths
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Pledging
Monday, August 6th, 2007In a true act of fairness, the Texas state legislature has decided to support the highest possible principles and edit the state pledge in such a way as to exclude large sections of its population. What kind of ridiculous person would need the word “God” in their pledge to feel an attachment to their state? What kind of arrogance does one require to feel that it’s perfectly ok to assume that the population will either enjoy the addition, or be willing to opt out and, as a young child, feeling you have to follow or opt out can only cause division.
That’s without even considering the pledge as a whole, an idea largely maintained in dictatorships and something that simply shouldn’t be necessary in civilised society. Land of the free indeed…
Desecration of the flag?
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007We spot a news story from the glorious united states of America whereby people have been arrested for desecrating the country’s flag. <i>State law prohibits anyone from knowingly mutilating, defiling, defacing or trampling the U.S. or North Carolina flags. </i> What possible reason can a country (or in this case US state) have for banning the “desecration” of a flag? Currency makes sense as it has trade value and needs to be able to be identified, but the reasoning for a flag is far less clear…
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