hearts and minds

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:59:24 -0700 (PDT)

Edouard writes:
I think it is also important to avoid "intellectualizing" such matters
too much. The pledge is not some ahistorical, disembodied, abstract set
of principles; it is the expression of a nation, a people. It is a
shared artifact with the very same people who fought the civil war, the
men who remain entombed inside the Arizona. Any proper treatment of the
pledge requires the participants think with their mind *and* feel with
their heart. It is the latter category where much of the curriculum is
sorely wanting.

Edouard
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I think there izs ZERO chance of over-intellectualizing the
pleduge of allegiance. The dangerous trend in this country
is just the opposite. If you think this piece of fozzilized
iconogaphy is in danger of being overintellecutalized, Edouard,
I suggest that you ask your college class to write an exegsis
of its meaning and its history without opening their books
and then examine the resulting intelletual content.

Or, run that little test on the Colorado state legislature.

mike