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Originally posted by Mike F@Sep 25 2004, 11:08 PM
My respect hierarchy is:
1. Those who risked their lives because they believed in the cause
2. Those who avoided the war because they didn't believe it was just
3. Those who believed it was unjust but picked up a rifle and killed anyway
I suppose I have a modicum more respect for those who faced trial, but it's not the dividing line between cowardly and not. At the time, those who were drafted didn't have to look far to see someone of wealth and privilege exempted from having to face the dilemma, so it's hard for me to fault those underprivileged who felt it was nearly as unjust to face prison as it was to face war.
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There were people that went over there and served in the navy as corpsmen, or as field medics or doctors or in other non combat positions.
Those people earned my respect.
The guys that went over there and fought and killed to defend the guy next to him earned my respect.
the guy who did a windsprint over the border lit up a joint, they did nothing to be proud of.
Like I said there's already a memorial for brave people that went to Vietnam whether they agreed with the war or not.
We don't need one especially in Canada especially using the word brave or corageous.