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Originally posted by Mike F@Sep 26 2004, 06:18 PM
On a more general point, why are these people either worthy of a monument or cowards? There is some middle ground there.
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I can go with that. Personally, I would have never went out my way to see that they ever received a monument or recognition. I don't really care that much, I just have the same respect for them that I do for all people who gave up everything they had to live in peace. They are really not much different from refugees from other countries who fled to Canada (or where ever).
In Nelson however, and some other BC towns, where a significant percent of the population are either draft dodgers or decendents of draft dodgers, they should have a right to honour these people without others making a big stink about. It's their friends and families.