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Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@Sep 27 2004, 02:31 AM
The more i think about it I don't think they are cowards, but rather scared young men, and for that I don't blame them one bit. Do I think that there were other options available, other than running away (such as thousands of people making a stand), you bet I do. Think of how effective a form of protest it would be for tens of thousands of men to be sent to prison because of their opposition to the draft.
Do I think they are heroes, deserve their own monument, or anything like that? Not in the least, But I also am thinking now that calling them cowards was a bit to hasty.
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I don't see why these men should be labeled cowards for not fighting in a war that was bogus to begin with. I think it takes a lot of guts to stand up for something you believe in (same goes for soldiers who go off to fight). I tell you one thing, prison or not you wouldn't see me fighting a war and killing some poor ethnic person for any reason, unless I was defending my own soil. I wouldn't put my ass on the line unless it was for a DAMN good reason.