Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!norn-news!news.mcu.or.jp!jindaiji.chofu.tokyo.jp!gcd.org!leaf.gcd.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!210.225.158.34!yynet.tama.tokyo.jp!nf.asahi-net.or.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!out03b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!postnews.google.com!u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Tinny Ray Newsgroups: japan.asia.korea Subject: Re: - South Korea Pledge of Allegiance http://rexcurry.net/pledge-allegiance-pledge-allegiance.jpg is American socialism. Date: 4 May 2007 15:15:44 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: <1178316944.622698.103620@u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.40.84.182 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1178316945 14620 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2007 22:15:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 22:15:45 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060912 Netscape/8.1.2,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=72.40.84.182; posting-account=5qcBPg0AAAB1HwnqqKrWJrr-voEm1L_k Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.asia.korea:3392 This question arises: Did Korea and Singapore both begin with the American socialist salute (the stiff-arm salute) and then switch (following the lead of government in the U.S.) to the hand-over-the- heart? Preliminary research indicates that Korea and Singapore both used the stiff-armed American socialist salute at some time in the past. http://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-korea.html The American socialist salulte probably influenced Korea and Singapore in the same manner that it influenced the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Peoples' Republic of China. http://rexcurry.net/nazi-salute-taipei-times-roc-republic-of-china-government-officials-sworn.jpg Korea and Singapore were also influenced by the USSR and the PRC (and they adopted American flag practices). http://rexcurry.net/ussr-socialist-swastika-cccp-sssr.html