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Our Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.

(, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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Brainwashing truly works
I was there for only three years, and it's been twenty-eight years since I left Jesusland, yet I can still rattle off the Plejerleejuns without pausing to think about it.

But it's not indoctrination, and don't you dare suggest that it is. Indoctrination is what those filthy pinko Commies do; the Septics encourage patriotism, which is completely different.
(, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:16, 4 replies)
I was born and raised in England.
I still recall The Lord's Prayer and most of a hell of a lot of hymns and rites. Though, I'll admit, it's a quirk of my very odd recall that I do.
(, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:31, closed)

I lived in the US for a couple of years, and I am the same way. The pledge every morning for 3 years, you cannot purge it.
I look back on it now, and think how utterly terrifying this aspect of American life seems from an outside point of view.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 12:48, closed)
May I recommend this to you?
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0340332972/
(, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 0:25, closed)

Looks really good, thanks.

It seems to touch on a very important point, that being most children (and many adults) rattle off the PoA because they know it by heart, but few really take the time to understand what it means.

Pledging your allegiance to something is a powerful thing. The fact that children as young as 5 or 6 are taught to say this from memory seems...unethical at best.
(, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 10:39, closed)

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