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gaius on Feb 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: China’s Deceptively Weak (and Dangerous) Military

Please don't take this the wrong way but pledging allegiance to a bit of cloth sounds as silly to us as the Queen seems to you.

argumentum on Feb 1, 2014 [–]

Why do you think I "quoted" it, I agree it's ridiculous .. but at least it's qualified immediately after "and to the republic for which it stands".

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