No it isn't. Oaths aren't "grand gestures," they're just silly. This one is worse than silly; it's the rough equivalent of a school bully putting you in a headlock and not letting you go until you agree to whatever bullshit he wants from you, and beating the shit out of you if you won't.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a "grander gesture" (quote me correctly pls) than an informal promise with a friend. Do you consider signing a lease or a mortgage to be the rough equivalent of a school bully putting you in a headlock?

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

No, because I can refuse to sign the lease and I won't get put in prison for that. Swearing a compulsory oath under threat of imprisonment in a sitiation you were forced to be in isn't any kind if gesture, it's just submission to coersion, nothing more, nothing less.