Now there is a movement in Canada to erect a monument and have a festival to honor American draft dodgers. What next? Maybe medals for their heroism? What's so heroic about running away from your responsibilities?
I believe in being able to voice your opinions, join protests, disagree with anything, if it suits you. But to defy the laws of the country? Nope, thats treason.
And I personally don't believe the dodgers were all cowards, either. Some were, I'm sure. Who wants to go get shot at? I wouldn't. I think a lot of them had strong convictions about the war and did what they thought best. But many others found better ways of expressing this without running away.
And the organizers are not calling them 'dodgers'. They are called 'resisters'. If there is a resistance group in a country, they are defying the established laws of that country and they are commiting treason. Put a pretty name to it, it's still the same thing.
I'm amazed at what people come up with in this world. The veterans that did their duty came back to abuse and now some goobers want to honor the people that bailed out on their homeland. Something isn't right here.
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