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Subject:	Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:55:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: > And I suppose I should mention in passing that I hope Canada grants asylum to > the deserters Why? I find myself with complicated reactions to the situation that I haven't yet worked through. Were they dodging slavery (the draft), then I would assert that they had the moral high ground and I would be supportive of their desertion. But I think it is much less proper to ditch your freely-taken contractual obligations. But should you feel obliged to perpetrate evil just because of such a contract? But maybe you should have thought of that before signing up. But... So, I guess my current emotional reaction is that I hope Canada grants the asylum too. But I think they should live in permanent exile. (Unlike Vietnam-era draft dodgers.) Chris

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		Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
(...) yet (...) assert that (...) desertion. (...) of (...) up. (...) Hmm, interesting question. I tend to feel that you should have known what was possible before signing up. Anyone who is active now has had an opportunity to bail out, or should (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: We'll take in your poor, your homeless, your oppressed...
(...) That he is a genocidal tyrant that has additionally invaded two of his neighbors soley to steal their resources springs to mind. Or are you saying that Saddam's actions are "just"? (...) Unjust things happen during any war - however, from a (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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