Reply #6: Quakers were imprisoned and tortured...

[TreasonousBastard]

by the English in the 17th century, hung by the Puritans in Massachusetts, and some are now being prosecuted for refusing to pay "war taxes." The American Friends Service Committee received a Nobel Peace Prize, but was still accused of being a subversive organization because Friends refused to fight in WWII. That they were ambulance drivers and other noncombatants serving the country didn't seem to make much of a difference. Although no one argues that WWII was not Just War, Quakers do not fight in any war, just or not.

And, I have no doubt there is a file on me somewhere. Starting and fighting in an illegal war is apparently the height of patriotism, but protesting it is the height of treason. So sayeth Homeland Security.