I took the oath in 2004,for economic reasons. It was the first step of a journey so peculiar, rich and life-altering that I am still grappling with its implicationsAn oath I swore to the Queen of England at the age of 22 changed everything. It happened one day in 2004. In a dusty room above Ipswich’s army recruiting office, and I pledged to play lackey to the violent,rapacious ambitions of the UK establishment by fitting a soldier in the British army.
That promise has by now been thoroughly superseded by a nobler and more coherent pledge to strive for a better world – but my oath of allegiance continues to define who I am.
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Source: theguardian.com