11th March 2003, 11:29 PM
That's not the equivilant for a different reason. We have an entirely different speech for people immigrating to the US. The pledge of alligence seems to be a school only thing, at least now. So, compare it to any sort of loyalty oath children must recite at the start of a school day and you have the only thing that can compare. If you don't have such a thing, which is pretty likely, then there ya go.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)