[Rhodes22-list] Draftdodger/cowards

[Steve]

Mark
Voice your opinion all your want.  I am only
recommending that you list yourself properly.
Conscientious Objector is wrong; You are a coward. 
Nothing wrong with being a coward.  What wrong is not
admitting the truth.
Steve

 
--- Mark Kaynor <mark at kaynor.org> wrote:

> Rummy,
> 
> Thanks, man. There were a lot of very brave men who
> followed their hearts
> and consciences and opposed their leaders even
> against public opinion. 
> 
> Steve: If you don't want to give me the right to
> voice my opinion and do
> what I think is right, then why are YOU living in
> this country?
> 
> Mark "Conscientious Objector" Kaynor
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of
> R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:45 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Draftdodger/cowards
> 
> My dear Friend Steve,
> 
> For one who is to young to have been part of the
> Vietnam era, you certainly
> are quick to judge and label. Granted, there
> probably were a few people that
> went to Canada because they were scared and didn't
> want to die. As a Vietnam
> era vet, I won't hold it against them. People have a
> right in this country
> to disagree with our government and if they don't
> like it, they have a right
> to leave and live elsewhere.
> In 1970 I was a private stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC
> when I received my orders
> for Vietnam duty. When I went home on leave prior to
> shipping out, I was
> pressured and given the opportunity by family and
> friends to move to Canada
> and set up a new life if I had wanted. They offered
> tens of thousands of
> dollars to help me. They were very persuasive, but I
> was up for an adventure
> and went anyway. I personally know people that went
> to Canada. Not all were
> cowards. The draft boards in those days weren't so
> considerate of
> conscientious objectors, even for religious grounds.
> 
> Until you have been there and had to face those same
> tough decisions, don't
> be so quick to label people as cowards. I don't know
> if you are simply
> attempting to stir up the list again, as is your
> usual mode of operation,
> but there are several hundred people on this list,
> not all share you
> viewpoints, tolerance of others views is what
> freedom is all about.
> 
> Rummy
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