A small rant about the pledge of allegiance. [View All]

[trof]

I belong to a small group we call Ancient Aviators of South Alabama.
We meet once a month at our local airport.
Bunch of old fart pilots who get together to shoot the breeze about past experiences.
We call that 'hangar flying'.

We usually have a speaker on some aviation related subject.
I'd guess the average age is around 70.
Still got several WWII & Korean 'War' types, and a lot of Viet Nam veterans.

Anyway...every meeting starts with the pledge.
And I've just come to think it's dumb.
It's always the same.
There's a little, wiry Marine pilot who always leads it.
Uber patriot.
EVERY time, he starts out "OK GUYS! AND SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT!"
"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE..."

OK, I don't sat the 'under God' part.
That ain't the way I learned it.
What's God got to do with it anyway?

And now, the whole damn pledge just seems stupid to me.
So, where do you (I) draw the line?
I could just stand up and say nothing.
But why stand up for something I don't think is relevant?
I could remain seated.
I can only imagine the resulting furor.

I'm thinking about just not going any more.
I'm no longer comfortable with people who support our government and 'leaders', no matter what.
"My country, right or wrong."
feh

I'm thinking I don't enjoy it, mainly because of the opening pledge, so why go?
I guess I've answered my question.
Thanks for listening.
;-)