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Few PPs above said it. Why do you feel like schools should stop reciting it because you and a few others don't agree with it? Why isn't it ok to just not recite it if you don't want to? Why should the rest of us stop?[/quote]

Let's turn it around. Why isn't it ok to just recite it if you want to? Is this something you can't do unless it's an official school thing with lots of people around you doing it too?

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Because it instills a sense of patriotism among students and it's been an American tradition over 100 yrs. What's wrong with that? Is it causing harm?  Now tell me why kids who don't want to say the pledge  can't just refrain from doing so?[/quote]

Well, it's supposed to instill a sense of patriotism among students. But does it? And if so, what kind?

As for tradition - some traditions are good, some traditions are not. "We've always done it this way" is not, by itself, a good reason for continuing to do things that way. What's more, there are plenty of schools where it has NOT been a tradition.

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Yes it does instill patriotism whether you agree or not. 
By the way, are you going to actually give an answer to the questuon- why can't people who disagree with reciting it, just refrain from it? [/quote]

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