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Originally Posted by BE911SC
At least he was honest and open about why he refused to be drafted and then went to jail--and didn't run off to Canada or somewhere else.
He also didn't come up with the BS line, "I had better things to do." That was a recent vice president who said that.
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There is irony, then there is IRONY.
Ali refused the draft specifically because he 'aint got no no truck with no Viet Cong'. But was rather lionized for his 'honesty and openness' by claiming to be a conscientious objector by virtue of his Mohammadism, the followers of whom must eschew any and all forms of violence.