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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (15978)	6/29/2002 2:50:15 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Social pressure to conform ain't always a bad thing. It is the foundation of much civilization and culture.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (15978)	6/29/2002 3:01:58 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Given the near-unanimous response to the revival of this issue, I see no reason to believe in an incipient "cultural civil war" developing as a result. It simply is not important. There is social pressure to conform in any number of areas, but there is a huge qualitative difference between social pressure and state-sponsored coercion. I knew children who would not say the Pledge almost 40 years ago, and there was no stigma, no singling out, no coercion (state-supported or otherwise). BTW, according to the local television interviews with the father, the child involved is a Christian (as is her mother), and he wants the child left out of this as it is all about him, not her. Much ado about nothing.