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Originally Posted by Jerrek
You didn't answer my questions. I tell someone every day "I love you" too, and I don't consider that brainwashing.
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It's the compulsion element that is unsettling Jerrek
An oath or pledge given voluntarily means something but forced repetition diminishes its credibility and becomes a mockery of the original pledge with people simply paying lip service to the words without actually meaning them.
Perhaps what has happened in the UK is that we have grown up a little and finally realised that being a good citizen has nothing to do with giving blind allegiance to the State.