I went to war, that was my choice. I have known genuine heroes. Many of the bravest and most heroic people I have known were people, indeed friends, who flew in the face of society and didn't go to war. One of the things that one learns as s/he ages, if and only if they are open to it, is wisdom. If one is open to learning the lessons of the life they have lived, then they see in their past that which was truly valiant. I can find every bit as many hero's in those that struggled against the war, as I can in those of us who chose to go. I can also find cowards on both sides of that equation. There are many contradictions to being alive, and it does not serve much to try and put these types of feelings in neat little columns.


Mick