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Politics : Have you read your constitution today?

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To: epicure who wrote (205)	8/5/2002 12:39:02 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) of 403

Sure, to the extent that the "liberty and justice for all" message takes root, it can be a very good thing. And I think that many kids DO get that message, as opposed to the state-worship message. Another perspective: <<< It reveals the extent to which worship of the state has become a secular religion for which the intellectuals serve as priesthood. The more primitive sectors of Western culture go further, fostering forms of idolatry in which such sacred symbols as the flag become an object of forced veneration, and the state is called upon to punish any insult to them and to compel children to pledge their devotion daily, while God and State are almost indissolubly linked in public ceremony and discourse, as in James Reston's musings on our devotion to the will of the Creator. It is perhaps not surprising that such crude fanaticism rises to such an extreme in the United States, as an antidote for the unique freedom from state coercion that has been achieved by popular struggle. >>> zmag.org Tom

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