In 1969 I was drafted into the US Military, enough of a national emergency to send young men off to a war in Southeast Asia. I disagreed with the policies and the ethics of that war, even though they were declared a public good.<\/p>\n
Think of the penalties the unvaccinated will be forced to pay as being like a draft. If you don’t want to suffer them, then face the consequences.<\/p>\n
I became a felon, a fugitive to Canada, gave up my citizenship and faced innumerable instances of legal harassment over my subsequent lifetime..<\/p>\n
If you do not accept vaccination for the public good, then at least leave the country, like I did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is always a chance, here admittedly slim, of a later amnesty.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n (For the record, I was amnestied by \u00a0President Carter in 1977, my citizenship, which was illegally taken from me in the 70s, was formally restored in 2009.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 1969 I was drafted into the US Military, enough of a national emergency to send young men off to a war in Southeast Asia. I disagreed with the policies and the ethics of that war, even though they were declared a public good. Think of the penalties the unvaccinated will be forced to pay … <\/p>\n