It is a question without answer, "what makes you feel proud" ......that is.
These days we have bodies of people who talk in social phsyco babble about social inclusion, cultural diversity ect ect.
These days we are more socialy aware, and included, yet the fabric that holds us all together has evaporated, somewhere.
Back in the days when the King could rely on armies of men proud to defend our way of life, the very men that queued to enlist were part of a society riven with divisions of class and status, many were poor and kept poor by virtue of their position in the class system. There was no need back then to declare your pride or allegience to your betters, it was taken for granted. If you were lucky enough to survive the great war, you would return to your life down the pit proud in the knowledge you had preserved the masters wealth so he could filter some down to you.
These days it is society that is obligated to maintain the individual, people have rights, looking to the authorities to protect and keep them, without the connection that makes them part of that society.
The allegiance ceremony is just another "Idea" whispered about behind closed doors, and leaked to find out what people think.
It would be another "Exam" to pass with no real relevence to those that were forced to take it.
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