Posted: Apr 28, 2017 1:38 pm
Rachel Bronwyn wrote:It's bigoted. Racism only pertains to race. Bigotry is irrational distaste of *anything* including nationality.
Well, whatever it is, it's making Scot Dutchy's conscientious objection to violence seem, er, tainted.
A great friend of the family had a brother who was a conscientious objector during WW2. He committed suicide by jumping from a train. I've always mourned his death and held him to be something of a hero. The reason I didn't fight back against the bullies at school was cowardice however, not conscientious objection. They always came at me in a gang of at least three - some of the strongest/biggest boys in the year, and I didn't want to encourage a violent situation. I had also been raised to believe that violence is wrong, so was inept in it. Perhaps if I'd had some instruction in standing up for myself I'd have left school with more than three GCSEs. I'm not a conscientious objector, although I do still respect it in a way, I would have fought the Nazis I reckon. Sometimes violence is required - life isn't perfect. I basically agree with Weaver in this thread, and wish I hadn't been raised as a conscientious objector.