Smartest 10 year old I've seen in ages.
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Awesome. Good for him.
I did the something similar as a kid. When I was ten I decided I was Atheist and refused to say the pledge in school. I stood politely but refused to say it.
I did the something similar as a kid. When I was ten I decided I was Atheist and refused to say the pledge in school. I stood politely but refused to say it.
I did the same in high school, over items similer at the kid there did.
You know, the pledge did not have "Under God" until the 50's, I think.
I did the same in high school, over items similer at the kid there did.
You know, the pledge did not have "Under God" until the 50's, I think.
Added during the height of the Anti-Communism crap.
The funniest thing is, that the pledge of allegience was invented by a socialist, and the kids had to make a salute that looked exactly like the Hitler-salute until the 40s. 
Good kid. 
Thumbs up to a great little kid.
Cool kid 
I did something similar every year of grade school and high school at the end of the year where we for some reason go to the church and have this end of the year thing. Involved in that is some praying and I always kept my mouth shut during that since I decided pretty early on that the concept of one almighty God was silly.
I did something similar every year of grade school and high school at the end of the year where we for some reason go to the church and have this end of the year thing. Involved in that is some praying and I always kept my mouth shut during that since I decided pretty early on that the concept of one almighty God was silly.
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Amaris
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Bless his heart, and he sounds like a smart little boy. I wish him all the best, and I hope that he continues to think on his own and follows that sense of justice.
J.
J.
Good for himBut I'm a little unsettled that the interviewer labeled the boy's behaviour as juvenile delinquency.
Well, you didn't think people would take kindly to it, surely?
This boy's going to be in for some very rough times. I hope he's okay.
I think he meant that just the particular incident of telling the teacher to "jump off a bridge" was a bit delinquent, not the act of refusing to say the pledge.Good for him
Not exactly. An authoritarian government is one that enacts laws that strictly control the actions of the populace. Any form of government can be authoritarian. However, communist countries do tend to be authoritarian. Nazi Germany was authoritarian, but not communist. Whereas a socialist democracy that allows freedom of speech and religion and such could be considered communist, but wouldn't be authoritarian.
As for the kid, good for him.
TheLonelySquire
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If he was my son I'd explain to him the difference between apples and oranges.
Yes, infact, Hitler banned any communist movements or demonstrations once he came to power.
If he was my son I'd explain to him the difference between apples and oranges.
Meaning?
~Reads the quote while waiting for responce~
So the female prostitues are free to do as they please.
Even in first grade, I had my doubts about the practice of saluting and saying a pledge to a piece of cloth. I always changed the words to just "The United States" instead of "The flag of," because I thought it was weird to pledge my allegiance to something you could buy at K-mart for ten dollars that was probably made in China anyway. 
I was always overanalyzing everything.
I was always overanalyzing everything.
It's good to question things, I like this kid, he's a good egg.
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