It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. As the Fourth of July approaches and flag waving reaches its yearly zenith, we'd like to take a moment to return to an idea of ours from yesteryear: the Pledge of Commitment: "I pledge commitment to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the freedoms that it protects for all people, citizen and guest, with no restriction for the comfort of the majority." Read more about the pledge, the other pledge, and the difference between commitment and allegiance here. Comments:
I think a better idea is to use the Preamble to the Constitution. Reciting the Preamble reinforces the idea that the Constitution is ours, that it has power because we say it does. -- John Stracke Post a Comment Here
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