Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And a right-on opinion it is....;-) I'll never forget sitting on the bus taking a load of potential inductees from Washington, D.C., where I was attending college, to Baltimore and our physicals...There were four of us white college boys - all with piles of letters from Dr.s, shrinks, etc. - and the rest of the seats were filled with black inner city folks....not one of whom carried a single letter....Guess who was drafted and who didn't serve.... B. D. BTW - Forget the Pentagon Papers - anyone who wants a refresher on the reality of those days should pick up a copy of Neil Sheean's "A Bright Shining Lie" .... Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video wrote: > > At 06:37 PM 07/10/2001, you wrote: > >I am damned proud to have volunteered for service, as you should have. > > Depends on which conflict, perhaps. Personally, I am <damned proud> to have > stood against the VietNam conflict during the tumultuous late '60s and > early '70s. We were lied to from the Tonkin Gulf incident to the last day, > from the President on down. I'd think the publication of the Pentagon > papers would have made that clear decades ago. Further, the draft then in > place was blatantly skewed to favor richer, white, middle and upper class > boys at the expense of poorer, economically disadvantaged and people of color. > > MY OPINION, not my employer's! > > hp