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In reply to the discussion: Conscientious Objection...do you approve or not? and when? [View all]flamingdem
(39,312 posts)13. People change in the course of their lives
My dad did this. His father served and he was in the reserve and then became a Conscientious Objector. So he decided on a philosophical level that he would no longer be involved with organized violence. What helped when he made his appeal to the courts, and I don't know or remember the details of this part, is that he had become a Quaker. Thus, he was able to argue his case with a wider philosophy. What's not fair is that some with less education may not be able to articulate their change of heart, that's why anyone who wants to declare themselves as a CO should be able to do it, in my opinion.
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I think YES, providing in all of ones life, they refuse to pick up a gun
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#1
My two cents on taking human life is that there are really only two types of killing.
Selatius
Nov 2012
#7
IMHO a drone on Hitler before the escalation would have stopped it then and there
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#52
Without a draft, how is CO at all relevant to anything? I assume that there is some point to
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#5
What if you joined, saw the reality fo war(after joining voluntarily)and THEN decided
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#19
The DOD allows for discharges based on conscientious objection even after having been deployed.
Agony
Nov 2012
#45
I wanted to explain what I meant by "Conscientious Objection to particular wars"
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#20
I knew a couple of guys who were COs and served as combat medics in Vietnam
pinboy3niner
Nov 2012
#50
I have trained in and counseled others in how to establish a legal claim to CO status
quaker bill
Nov 2012
#39