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In reply to the discussion: Conscientious Objection...do you approve or not? and when? [View all]Angleae
(4,618 posts)8. I'll support CO for those forced to serve, not for those that volunteered.
And then only those forced to serve that have lived that life, not those that changed their mind afterward.
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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