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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> It is a good thing that those who fought in the past so that you could
> exercise your right to say/write such things did not agree with you that
> draft dodging is a good thing or that destroying their draft card is a
> 'brave' thing.  I think bravery is when you act without regard to
> yourself, and I think those who served/are serving would probably agree
> with that definition, even if it is not complete.


I've done my family history and there is no indication that anyone in
my ancestry fought in any war since colonial times. My grandfather
went to WWII as it was ending and some of his brothers went also.
That's it. For their part no-one really happened to be the right age
at the right time to fight.

I really don't buy all that "fighting for my right to day such
things", when it comes to dodging the draft in Vietnam. The
Revolutionary war was not fought on a draft. The War Between the
States wasn't on the Southern Side. That is not to belittle anyone who
is called to fight for the country, but I think that those that are
not called to do so are no less patriotic.


> None of that really explains how you and I, almost the same age, can see
> things so differently.  The answer has to be in our parents.

Could be. Really when it came out that Clinton might have evaded
service, I saw that as a plus. It took a while before I realized that
this was a negative for him with a lot of people. I grew up thinking
that not going to Vietnam was the right thing to do.

Rob - Va