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Edited by DeltaZulu77:
6/5/2016 1:03:20 PM
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Never mind the topic of the original post, to everyone discrediting Ali and making an argument that he deserves no praise because he refused to fight in Vietnam, there's a few things you should consider.
1. Standing up to a governing body and telling them you will not to subjected to their unjust laws is an ideal we embrace as a country that led to our independence.
2. The war in Vietnam was such a debacle that it is only rationale any young man would say, no I'm not going to fight and die for this fraud.
3. Plenty of other young men avoided the draft just by staying in school.
4. Plenty of others all out avoided the draft by going to Canada or faking a medical problem. Ali took his punishment and missed the bulk of his career because of it.
5. Your remarks regarding his history of the draft is obviously misguided and most likely stems from you being a racist.
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Sort of agree. Point #5 is extremely irrelevant in all ways, nobody had to bring up RACE but it was you who brought it into argument. Also, Vietnam was crucial to winning the Cold War, but I guess if you feel like being punished rather than fighting in a war that's your choice. The rest is pretty agreeable.
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But you know what the cold war was a stupid war, basically a who's dick is larger for the us and Soviet union
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You act as though neither side were about to completely destroy the other entire country
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Race does have a factor in this for two reasons. The time period of the draft and simply the USA. We've never been one big happy family here and the world knows that.
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No, he's saying the people on this forum are secretly racist.
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Agree with all points. Vietnam was such a sham, sad to see people disrespect Ali bc he stood up to the government over a bs war we had no right to be in.
