Posted on 03/07/2006 6:34:01 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Some forget what a CO means, to me, it is one that will find other way's to serve while in the military.
Recent news, shows folks trying to use the CO status to get our of service all together and they volunteered.
I hope this doesn't give folks the wrong impression as a way out ... anything can be taken out of context.
Be curious on your thoughts of this CO?
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Gotta agree with you. In those days, COs still served and were COs out of true previously held beliefs. They should be respected. I have no stomach for those who've served years and then all of a sudden have "realized" they "object."
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It sounds like it has the potential to be an excellent movie.
That's where I stand.
The Quakers too had some CO fellers who were crazy-brave medics. I salute them.
I can't stomach the whole CO thing. Its a copout to avoid sharing the responsibilities of citizenship.
I've met Desmond Doss several times. He is an American hero.
He did not object to serving in the war in any capacity, except that he did not want to kill anyone.
That was the official position of the Seventh Day Adventist church at the time of WWII, and he was being true to his religious beliefs while helping out any way he could.
Doss was drafted.
True, but at the CO in topic here I do not believe volunteered. So, instead of running, he found another way to serve. I am not trying to OK it but I am trying to see it from both sides and if he had not been there would those military member's still have been saved?
Thats interesting. I have some 7th day adventist in my family. Yeah its quite a hoot having Adventist and Catholic family memebrs mix lol. BUt anyway I never knew that there was a pacifist tradition in the Adventist church. Learn something new everyday
I respect Dosss, he have been a CO
but he still served his country
Excellent comment, wonderful addition to the thread, thank you.
I do think that is what the CO policy was created for. For those who truely had a religious belief that did not jive with "bearing arms". At the same time, those who felt that way found other ways in the military to serve their country and not by running off to Canada.
PS I know many ended up in CA and that was because they couldn't prove they were really a CO which meant they wanted to avoid service to our country.
He sounds like a hero to me.
So? How does your statement contradict mine, or change what I said?
FYI
Sergeant York was a conscientious objector before relenting and going into combat in WWI.
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