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In reply to the discussion: Women may soon be required to register for Selective Service. How do you feel? [View all]hunter
(38,310 posts)The Vietnam war ended before I was draft age and I also missed this registration crap. Registered or not, Uncle Sam knows who you are.
My mom's family are pacifists. That's how most of her ancestors ended up in the U.S.A.. They escaped the U.S. Civil War too.
Both my dad and his dad served in the military. My grandpa was an Army Air Force officer in World War II. He didn't fly; they decided he was more valuable on the ground. After the war he was an aerospace engineer and worked on the Apollo Project making some especially difficult bits of metal.
If I was asked to fight an unjust war I'd walk away. If my kids were asked, and they chose not to fight, I'd find a way that they could walk away.
My mom's dad was a conscientious objector in World War II. He was also a welder. They gave him a choice, prison or building and repairing ships for the Merchant Marine. He built ships.