of the military-mindset. During Viet Nam war, when it was actually "fashionable" to
burn draft cards in public denouncing militarism as a way of resolving things. "Give
Peace A Chance", "Make Love Not War", were the bywords of the day. This wave of
consciousness was very powerful, and dangerously contagious. It was not considered
particularly honorable to "serve" in the military, and many defied their draft orders,
either by fleeing the country or by going to prison. And many who did serve and
somehow survived, threw their medals on the White House lawn in protest of the
continuing war once they returned home.
When someone is conscripted into the military, they become so much cannon-fodder,
subject to being shot at, blown up, maimed for life and/or killed by the "enemy".
This amounts to a perverse kind of "human sacrifice" spectacle , an occasion to argue
that we must "support our troops", but what they really mean is "support our war".
It was not peace demonstrators who PUT that person in harms way, it was the 1%
and the war hawks in Congress and the WH. Never-the-less, by some perverse
logic, demonstrators against war are blamed for "not supporting our troops" when
they actually ARE supporting not only our troops (by bringing them home) but also
ALL human beings living in peace and harmony. I miss those days, when there was
so much hope and love in the air. Given where we are as a country and a species, I
seriously doubt I'll ever experience that again. 
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