From: pixy@yabbs
To: Hrothgar@yabbs
Subject: re: prayer in school
Date: Tue Aug  9 02:19:24 1994
In message re: prayer in school, Hrothgar said:
> weakness? lack of living?  what are we here for?  do we love our country?  
> do we love what principles our country stands on?  don't we value our 
> national roots?  I don't know about you all, but I stand proudly for the 
> Allegiance, Star Spangled Banner, and still get a tear in my eye for "God 
> Bless the USA."  If we cannot appreciate our meaning, it ought to be 
> taught in school early on.  Tell these kids why we pledge allegiance, what 
> it means to belong to the USA, and why we ought to be proud to live where 
> we do, with the guaranteed rights we have.
> (like I said, I knew we were opening up a can of worms here!)
> now about that prayer in school thing...

(Pixy returns from vomiting in order to reply)
Is this for real? I'll assume it is for entertainment purposes.

I'll tell you what we're here for, and it sure isn't Betsy Ross's sewing.
The overwhelming majoriyt of us are here because that's where we were
born--that's boring. Let's think about why immigrants are here instead. 
1. More freedom
2. Escaping another government
3. Other stuff I don't care to list. 
No where on my list is: we have a nice flag or wee have a cool pledge. Who
needs it. My point--you obviously missed it--is simple: you shouldn't need
a flag or a pledge in order to value freedom. And I'll walk out of Waffle
House if someone plays "God Bless the USA". 

Now for some of those irrelevant worms you got into...

You mentioned the values that America was founded on. Let me address that
by saying you forgot to mention that those values were greed and
racism and speculation. If you don't believe me, ask some Indians, blacks,
irish, and chinese among others. 
And you also mentioned something about the freedoms we have as americans
at the end of your post. Well, if you'd quit your flag-worship, you might
notice how quickly our freedoms are getting sucked up by the government.
The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th are all suffering severe attacks from the
government and the people of america. Screw the flag and the pledge, I
want people to respect the constitution. 

And don't get me started on school prayer, pal. 
pixy