The Corporation and Test Acts Re: A poor leftist

[R]

it's fascinating how many people derive a sense of security from group
pledges to a flag or other forms of ritual allegiance.   when one thinks
about it, a flag is nothing more than a fancy handkerchief.  and "the
republic for which it stands" has always been a bastardized form of
oligarchy, or worse if one was a slave, indentured servant or member of an
unpopular political or racial minority.

certainly terrorists or traitors would conceal their intentions by pledging
and singing away in order to blend in -- the same argument as the one level
against loyalty oaths since the 1950s.

when in Rome ....

R

----- Original Message -----
From: JCWisc at aol.com
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: The Corporation and Test Acts Re: A poor leftist

In a message dated 06/04/2002 12:30:00 AM Central Daylight Time,
furuhashi.1 at osu.edu writes:


> Oftentimes, though, peer pressures, if not laws, make it feel as if
>  we were living in the times of the Corporation and Test Acts (Cf.
>  <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Ltest.htm>) -- you either take
>  the sacrament of patriotism ritualistically or else will be at least
>  excluded from public office, Kiwanis clubs, etc. (or worse).

You are very right.  I dislike participating in patriotic rituals, but feel
that I have to sometimes.  Long march through the institutions, eh?  The
mustard seed planted on barren ground?

Jacob Conrad

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