> How do/did you demonstrate such? And surely if you have a moral objection
to
> being shot at, it's easy enough to turn that around to objection to being
> behind the gun...
>
Anyone can do some quick searching and find the info they want about
Conscientious Objectors. The most important details I read were that CO
status has been documented to at least WW1, though it also says that it was
an idea from before the revolution. (The US revolution that is.) But it can
be a strong personal conviction, not a specific religion.
I think this is becoming one of those moot threads. Anyone can write what
they would have done, when there is no real expectation for them to live up
to their words. In 1985 I was prepared to go into the armed services, a
medical issue came up six months before my leave date. But I was ready to
go, I wanted to go, it messed up my life plans when I was told I couldn't
go. Would I have been so ready and willing in 1965 or 72?
My brother was disqualified from regular military service, the draft, during
Vietnam, but the ROTC waved the problems and offered him a full college
scholarship. He turned that down, and basically had to pay his own way
because the family couldn't. (Supposedly this caused a huge fallout between
my brother and father.) But in 1985 my brother helped me look for ways to
get around my medical DQ. He didn't object to military service or Vietnam,
just HIM being in the military.
Kevin Tarr
Trump high, lead low
