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Post by Willis was 3 on Jul 13, 2006 18:36:42 GMT -5
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Post by CherieKropp on Jul 13, 2006 22:04:48 GMT -5
From WmI Book Chapter 19:
CANADA conscripted troops during World War I and II, but after each war, the Canadian armed services returned to all-volunteer forces. It should be noted that to be a C.O. in Canada, one had to be a volunteer; if you were conscripted, you did not have a choice.
“Canadian conscription differed from most compulsory service laws during the Second World War in that no one could be conscripted for service outside Canada…Conscientious objection was, then, to military service at home. Regulations provided ‘postponement’ of service for those who conscientiously objected ‘by reason of religious training and belief to war in any form and to participation in combatant military service.’ Those granted postponement as objectors were offered the opportunity to serve in the medical corps of the army, and some two hundred thousand chose to do so." (Conscription of Conscience – The American State and the Conscientious Objector 1940-1947; by Mulford Q. Sibley and Philip E. Jacob, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1952; pp 8-9)
A statement dated July 14, 1940, was made by J.T.C. (John T. "Jack" Carroll) at a Sunday Morning Meeting in Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada, concerning an impending Canadian government requirement for a national registration. Read this statement in TTT Photo Gallery.
Reportedly, Hugh Roberts, an early Canadian Worker originally from Enniskillen, N, Ireland, was conscripted for World War I. He refused to wear a uniform and was sent to a Canadian concentration camp. While in camp, he wrote the hymn in "Hymns Old and New": “Strong in the Strength of Gentleness.”
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Post by tidbits on Jul 13, 2006 22:21:03 GMT -5
It is my understanding that conscientious objectors are objecting to killing and don't want to be armed with a weapon. They served in other ways - mechanics, litter bearers, etc. I don't have a problem with that. It wasn't a way to draft dodge because they did get drafted and followed their conscience. It wasn't just 2x2s who did that. JWs refuse to go, period, but they usurp all the privileges we have in our country. Is it because they have hang-up about blood? By the way...I have heard that here are no windows in their church buildings. Anyone know anything about that? And if so why? Daniel prayed at the window - do they have to hide what they're doing?
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Post by las logged out on Jul 14, 2006 8:51:44 GMT -5
Willis Propp was registered as a conscientious objector during WWII (just google it and you'll find his name on the Canadian list). Why did he register as such? Was he in danger of being called up to the draft? You bet if you wern't a farmer or consciense Objector you had to enroll
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