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Originally Posted by Sociable
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.
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However I think the act in itself makes american citizen think of themselves less of an individual, but as part of a nation.
I believe a lot of the social problems now occuring in this country are down to the fact that we don't think as a nation but as individuals.