[Charles Henrickson]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.

[cajun-jack]

the two words.."under God" takes les space than indivisible does...so their argument is moot.....point, set, match!!!

[supercat]

It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely.

So are you going to go after the makers and vendors of World War II newsreels that do precisely that? >:*3

Saying "One nation...indivisible" works as a self-contained phrase much better than "One nation, under God, indivisible" does. The latter requires a continuation for the prosody to work [unless one were to add a word to make it "One nation, under God and indivisible" which would be just plain ugly.

[Dimensio]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.

The problem is that the story is being told in such a way as to imply that the entire pledge is present except for the "Under God" part. People hear the story, and being idiots thy whine and moan about it without looking into what's really going on. Soon you have a major boycott effort all because no one could be bothered to investigate the can.

[sneakypete]

. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God."

Why would this have been bad IF they had done it on purpose? The words "under God" weren't even added untill the early 1950's. Was the POA somehow evil up untill that time?