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[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I was one of the very small number of children that bought that bullshit, that all drugs are bad and what have you, but even I thought signing that pledge was kinda fucked up. Like you were required to sign it, we didn't have a choice.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like you were required to sign it, we didn’t have a choice.

Only years later with exposure to contract law did we learn about that pledge lacking "equal consideration" rendering the document null and void.

[–] waigl@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does "duress" not enter into it as well?

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then sprinkle on some child abuse and, voila!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Sprinkle on some crack and book em, Lou.

[–] Cossacks@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

I thought the same thing, we had to sign it or we failed 5th grade (or that's what I was told).

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They still require kids to sieg heil the flag and do the special chant. Shit's wack