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Originally posted by Lovisa:
I think it looks a little like rasicm, no offence but u pledge to ur flag and I mean we don't here in Sweden we don't even care about our national day and we aint religious and stuff. You might be very religious in America but I mean pledge to the flag is too much, sounds like ur the best country and you'll crush the one that talk about u bad. Well this is just my opinion and I'm a non-religios swed [img]tongue.gif[/img] ...well sorry if I was rude or anything but I just say what I thought.
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Yea, I live in Sweden, though I'm not a Swede, but my boyfriend is. He said that in Sweden they used to sing the anthem at the end of the school year, but then they stopped because the anthem has such a bad "reputation" about it. For those that don't know, the Swedish anthem has been "kidnapped" by the Swedish nazis, so some people associate the anthem with them. And that's why they stopped that, I think.
But, no, not even in Slovenia (where I'm from) do we have a pledge of allegiance. I don't even remember singing the anthem in school, except on special occasions (like concerts... but then the music class would sing it). So, hmm, not in schools, no. [img]smile.gif[/img] And I wouldn't want it like that either. I mean, it's nice to know things about your country, and to be proud of where you come from... and that's it. I care more about where I come from and I don't equate "where I come from" with my country, but with my culture and family. And that, I think, is something that I can be proud of - or respect to put it like that. [img]smile.gif[/img]
But I, also, think that pledging allegiance like that looks more like a religion to me, and it seems, in a way, to stress that "my country is better than any other country" and because of that I am against it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] but you may disagree with me.
