Re: Troubles with military service

[Samuel W. Heywood]

On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 23:25:18 +0000, Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton 
wrote:

> I've written to my MP (in England) and d�put� (in France) about military
> service and armies...  I would like the part of the taxes that I pay to
> these countries,  that is normally used for maintaining armies,  to be
> dedicated to peaceful uses instead.  We already have conscience objection
> from conscription;  why can't we object to the use of our taxes for
> military purposes as well?

This is something you most certainly may do.  See the famous essay by
Henry David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience".

http://www.mcelhearn.com/thoreau/civdis.html

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Sam Heywood
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