[Rhodes22-list] Draftdodger/cowards

[Steve]

I just don't agree, Hank.  When this country ask you
to serve; it is your duty!
Steve


--- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> I served 20 years in Uncle Sams Army and I strongly
> disagree with your
> definition of a conscientious objector.  To be a
> conscientious
> objector, often times takes more courage than to be
> a soldier.  A true
> conscientious objector follows his convictions and
> declines to fight
> for moral reasons and must be respected for
> "sticking to his guns".
> 
> Someone who chooses not to fight for purely selfish
> reasons or out of
> fear, could be considered a coward.  But a true
> conscientious
> objector?  No, they are not a coward.
> 
> Hank
> 
> 
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:28:39 -0700 (PDT), Steve
> <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Neil
> > It's one thing not to want to carry a firearm. 
> That
> > is not a conscientious objector or a coward.  A
> > conscientious objector meaning one who will not
> fight
> > for his country; is a coward.
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Neil Townsley <natown at wildmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Steve,
> > > Being a conscientious objector is not the same
> as
> > > being a coward. I
> > > spent two years in Viet Nam as a helicopter
> pilot in
> > > assault
> > > helicopter units. I can remember one
> conscientious
> > > objector with the
> > > 25th Inf Div (he objected to carrying weapons)
> who
> > > would get off the
> > > helicopter and go into battle carrying only a
> > > medical bag. He
> > > certainly was not a coward.
> > > Neil Townsley
> > >
> > > Steve wrote:
> > >
> > > Voice your opinion all your want.  I am only
> > > recommending that you list yourself properly.
> > > Conscientious Objector is wrong; You are a
> coward.
> > >
> > >
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