I'd like to think I would've gone to jail rather than be drafted, or deserted, but I remember being 18 and dumb, and living in a pre-internet era where left-wing dissident media was even less accessible probably wouldn't help my chances. It's not something that I like to admit, but it does make me the slightest bit hesitant to dunk on vets myself.
Anyone who lives in a country that suffered under US imperialism gets an unlimited dunking pass as far as I'm concerned though
Right, I get what both sides of the argument are saying. I think both make good points, I feel there has to be some synthesis that takes into account how personal choices are limited in these situations, while also not just handing out free war crime passes. Not sure what that is myself.
finally someone gets it. I mean what the fuck do these idiots think a rural southern person would do? them being forced into a war they didn't want to go to doesn't make them monsters
there is a huge difference between drafted ones who hate what they went through and volunteers that glorify what they did, or even draftees that glorify it
I'd like to think I would've gone to jail rather than be drafted, or deserted, but I remember being 18 and dumb, and living in a pre-internet era where left-wing dissident media was even less accessible probably wouldn't help my chances. It's not something that I like to admit, but it does make me the slightest bit hesitant to dunk on vets myself.
Anyone who lives in a country that suffered under US imperialism gets an unlimited dunking pass as far as I'm concerned though
Right, I get what both sides of the argument are saying. I think both make good points, I feel there has to be some synthesis that takes into account how personal choices are limited in these situations, while also not just handing out free war crime passes. Not sure what that is myself.
Material conditions don't erase free will, so even if you fell for propaganda and never heard alternatives, it's still bad to be a troop
finally someone gets it. I mean what the fuck do these idiots think a rural southern person would do? them being forced into a war they didn't want to go to doesn't make them monsters
there is a huge difference between drafted ones who hate what they went through and volunteers that glorify what they did, or even draftees that glorify it