12th March 2003, 8:45 PM
I said it's the nearest thing to an equivilent because there is nothing that is said every day. But I consider an imigrant pledging aligence to a country for the first time and school children pledging every day to be nearly the same thing, they are both pledging alligence, though the us pledge of alligence is a pledge to the flag I'm sure that it's intended to be interpreted as a pledge to the country seeing as a country's flag is usually considered to represent the country.