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Originally Posted by Will  I see that it has been recommended that School-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and country, says ex-attorney general Lord Goldsmith, says it would give teenagers a sense of belonging.
This report was commissioned by Gordon Brown on British citizenship. I'm sick to death of hearing how our money is being wasted on pointless bloody research like this! If you want children to feel like they belong to this country, give them something to be proud of, and the problem will sort itself out!
This is nothing short of pathetic, personally I feel like I "belong" in this country a little less, every time I hear my money has been wasted on such nonsense! |
I didn't really understand when the pupils were meant to take this oath, basically because i dismissed it straight away. I see you say leavers Will. I think it would be too late at that stage in "kids" lives to instill the belonging these idiots with ties think it will achieve.
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If you want children to feel like they belong to this country, give them something to be proud of, and the problem will sort itself out!
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Such as Will?...I know that sounds blunt but i don't have the words to describe what people must have felt years ago when there was thousands of young people, teenagers, queuing up for enlistment to protect the country they were proud of and where they truly believed they belonged, kind of thing...or think of throwing a street party, which nine out of ten "kids" attended...so i won't try, I have no answers.
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This is nothing short of pathetic, personally I feel like I "belong" in this country a little less, every time I hear my money has been wasted on such nonsense!
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This is what you describe it as, but it is also a perfect example of how disconnected the so called clever people are from the general joe in the street.
social meltdown...oh, that doesn't exist, i forgot