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Originally Posted by fintstone
A great boxer but not much of a man. A draft evader who refuse to serve the country that gave him so much opportunity. I resented very much the fact that my brother and others we knew had to serve while the rich and famous could do as they pleased. Although there were plenty of legitimate ways to get a deferral (education for example) which postponed competing in the draft or medical (if a physical problem)...those who simply refused don't deserve to live in such a fine nation...paid for by the blood of others who did not shy away from serving.
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There was a racial/civil rights component to his decision as well. You are looking at it through the lens of a white person. A Black man would have to go kill innocent people for the sake of the US, then come home and be told he has to drink out of the colored peoples water fountain and sit in the back of the bus. America may have been a great nation for you, but it wasn't so great for a Black man in the mid 60's.