I think pengie is right in alot of ways. You are never going to make any kind of progress if you follow the "rules" (rules being accepted standards). Good example, roughly 300 years ago Europeans thought the world was flat.........then one wacked out hippy named Chris Columbus decided to try something different. Well he found another continent with people on it. Quite a big discovery even though he was defying the norm.

However, by pointless rebellion you don't accomplish much in fact it's usually counter-productive, the key here is to think in an intellegent way, outside the box.

Refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance doesnt accomplish anything, in fact its counterproductive to whoever decided to institute the pledge, but you could be a pioneer of new thought if you decided to reject the pledge of allegience and everything it stands for and u have a good reason for doing so.