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To: Sundog
"Doctor Cassius Clay. How Sweet."

I wonder what the name of the person was who got drafted in his place...if they survived Viet Nam, and what degrees and honors they might have otherwise achieved had 'the champ' not burned his draft card.

50 posted on 06/19/2007 10:17:12 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

It is time to forgive, forget, and move on. But, He is a character like Jane Fonda...


53 posted on 06/19/2007 10:23:28 AM PDT by Sundog (It's a good day for a catharsis.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
...had 'the champ' not burned his draft card.

Did he burn his draft card? Or did he just claim to be a conscientious objector, a designation refused by the local authorities, but something the Supreme Court unanimously agreed was improperly denied him by the Justice Department.
56 posted on 06/19/2007 10:36:47 AM PDT by HaveHadEnough
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