........yes, just to honor him, I mention my good boyhood friend Bobby Roberts (back around 59-60)....he and I used to play cave men in a creek on Sunday afternoons which consisted of digging caves in the side of the creek, wearing cave man clothes, shooting bb guns at each other etc; etc;....................
Feb 7, 67 I joined the USNR and ultimately spent 69-71 in Sasebo, Japan..........Bobby, joined the Marines who were about to draft him anyway.....at 18, he received a bullet in the head in Vietnam....................
now tell me that Cassius is the most beloved man in the world! Bobby did his duty and paid with his life! Cassius, brave man in the ring but scared (yellow) of “them Congs” did what he did! So, as the saying goes, “it is what it is”...............
Too many of them never came home from Nam.
While the rich kids got their college deferments, and others took their pot and headed for Canada, some stayed to do what they had to do.
I have NO RESPECT whatsoever for a Draft-Dodger, and was TOTALLY PISSED when Amnesty for the ones who ran was afforded.
Likewise, just like The Messiah, the "Great Black Hope" crap disgusts me also. Those who think they're "entitled", and rely on other to support them, belong in another country....not THIS one.