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Article #627Re: Bring em on
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 02:22
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 02:22
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:42:55 +0000 (UTC), gapope@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > >Of course, going AWOL is certainly not considered a legal act by one's own >country/military -- probably there's a certain risk that others of one's more >"patriotic" fellow citizens who might deem such an act of treason worthy of the >death penalty (summary execution up in the woods, or in a bar brawl, perhaps) I believe the word AWOL is used once you are actually a military man and leave your post without permission. You are called a deserter if you leave without joining the military when they tell you to. > >So it's not necessarily a "real choice" for those whose ultimate goal is less >about the absolute validity/ethics of war, than it is about self-survival! It still amazes me that people used to give birth to their children and then the government would force them to go and die for their country. It is amazing that this tradition still exists in some countries. Why would anyone want to go through this pain? >
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