Showing posts with label pledge of allegiance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pledge of allegiance. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

And He Wasn't an "Islamist" or . . .

. . . a "jihadist," a "militant" or even a "terrorist!"

"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders & decrees.
An evil system never deserves such allegiance.
Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil.
A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul."
-Gandhi


I can think of several ways in which this may be relevant. The first few that come to mind are:
  • Should we as people of conscience be partaking in pledges of allegiance to nation-states?

  • For US taxpayers, is it OK that we pay taxes knowing a significant percentage of that money is then re-rerouted to apartheid Israel?

  • Are we really doing the utmost to resist the "evil system" or is there more we can do?