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Muhammad Ali was no ‘draft dodger’
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RE: Muhammad Ali was no ‘draft dodger’
(June 13, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Lek Wrote: It was pitiful the way people used wealth and power to get out of going to war while others were over there giving their lives because they didn't have the resources or connections to avoid it.

Or the guts to face the consequences. Far as I know, some had to stay in Canada for decades, if they ever returned.
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RE: Muhammad Ali was no ‘draft dodger’
(June 13, 2016 at 3:42 pm)abaris Wrote:
(June 13, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Lek Wrote: It was pitiful the way people used wealth and power to get out of going to war while others were over there giving their lives because they didn't have the resources or connections to avoid it.

Or the guts to face the consequences. Far as I know, some had to stay in Canada for decades, if they ever returned.

President Carter pardoned all draft-dodgers in 1977.

None "had" to stay in Canada for "decades", unless there was another criminal complaint against them.

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