I don't know if the original poster is genuine or not and I don't care. I do know that there were a lot of brave people in this country during that idiocy in Southeast Asia. And I do not mean just the boys who went off to war.

In 1970 I had to make that decision. I certainly had no interest in getting shot in a rice paddy. But I also didn't have the guts to abandon my homeland. I compromised and joined the Navy. Those who left, either for Canada or Viet Nam, showed what they were made of.

Leaving home is not to be taken lightly. The chances you take are dangerous and unpredictable. Those who went to war were faced with the likelihood of death or maiming. Those who went to Canada (and beyond) faced ostracism and rejection. There is no greater threat to one's wellbeing than that.

Our constitution makes us free to follow our hearts. Remember it says "..life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..." Death, maiming, ostracism, all threaten those qualities of our life in America. We are free as long as there are those who question authority and flip off those who seek to limit us for their own ideals.