[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: ah, semantics (more on the pledge)
Kathryn Cawte
kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Apr 3 04:43:32 UTC 2003
thalia asks,
> which phrasing? 'god' to 'good'? or did i miss something?
Anna responds,
Well, since Steve showed us that the Pledge has been changed already
more that once through out its history, why not change it back to
its original state, thus, leaving out "under God"? It's one
suggestion anyway.
Kathryn -
The BBC did a story a while back that the Supreme Court (or possibly a lower
court but I think it was the Supreme Court) had ruled that the
Pledge was now unconstitutional (because of the 'under God').
Did anything ever come of this? is the government appealing? or what?
I remember the story because I thought it was funny (don't take that the
wrong way I lmao when UK courts rule against our government too)
And on a totally different note - there was a question on University
Challenge on Monday (too early for April Fools or I'd have been suspicious)
about some governor of Texas making a statement against teaching in
languages other than English with the quote "English was good enough for
Jesus so it should be good enough for the children of Texas". Was the guy
actually serious about this? I know there are some Texans out there so I
hope one of you knows. (and if so does this mean there's going to be a
bright future for teachers who happen to be fluent in Aramaic <g>)
Really there should be some kind of basic intelligence test for politicians
of all nationalities - a line below which it can be decreed that you're too
dumb to be allowed any kind of power. *sheesh*
K
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