I'm not bitter against those who really believed in their cause. And I don't think the war was justified in retrospect. My problem with you stems mainly from the fact that you are afraid of what people might think of you if you identify yourself. I have a feeling that you are someone known on the Forum under a member name, but are hiding it because of fear. There's nothing to be afraid of, is there?

Chanting that the Viet Cong were going to win does strike me, looking back, as disloyal and a cheap attempt to provoke bystanders and/or police. It's the kind of thing kids do for attention. I think I've grown beyond that. Am I ashamed of efforts I made to end the war? No, just ashamed of a lot of the tactics I used in that effort. And of the fact that I often viewed those who served in the army as unlucky dupes.

We were discussing reasonable views that would justify the status of a Conscientous Objector, and that is why I told my story. I don't think I qualified. I also don't think that a lot of others I knew qualified.