Al,

In a post to Rich on 03-03-03 @ 9:04 PM you stated :

Rich-
WHat he's claiming to be an expert on is language. Racism means, for lack of a better definition, discriminating based on race. Racial profiling does just that. You may debate whether it is justified or effective, but you can't argue the definition.

But now you want to argue the definition. Key word here is OPTIONAL. Regardless of how you want to spin the issue, the Pledge of Allegiance is OPTIONAL.

I have read your postings and you seem to be quite tolerant of all races, religions and opinions EXCEPT conservative Christians. Those were not kind words. Be careful Al, you wouldn’t want to be accused of being prejudiced.