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To: discostu

I was speaking more in general terms of compliance with oaths of any kind.

There appears to be zero expectation that anyone who takes an oath of makes any kind of pledge is held accountable for doing it.


43 posted on 07/23/2015 9:52:00 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.Buy into it,)
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To: rlmorel

Depends on the circumstances. There’s certainly accountability for sworn testimony. Part of the problem is we throw so many oaths around for no particular reason. When I got a student aid job in college I had to sign some silly “won’t try to over throw the country” oath since they got money from the fed, I don’t even know if it only applied while I was still working there. That became kind of a political panacea for a while, make em swear and oath. But the fact is the more often you make people take oaths the less meaning they have, especially when there’s no choice in the matter. If you want oaths to have meaning then step one is to stop throwing them around in a meaningless manner.


44 posted on 07/23/2015 10:05:44 AM PDT by discostu (It always comes down to cortexiphan)
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