Muhammad Ali, conscientious objection, and the Supreme Court’s struggle to understand

SCOTUSblog ^ | 6/8/2016 | Marty Lederman

[butlerweave]

conscientious objector and his job is BEATING PEOPLE TO A PULP

[Wolfie]

He had an usual job…beating people up. The Government wanted him to change jobs, Government wanted him to kill people. He said, “No, that’s where I draw the line. I’ll beat ‘em up, but I won’t kill ‘em”. And the Government said, “Well, if you won’t kill ‘em, we won’t let you beat ‘em up”.

= George Carlin

[Jack Hammer]

No, Cassius Clay didn’t want to fight to defend the nation that bore and nourished him.

He did, however, feel good about fighting in the ring if it’d make him millions.

[cmomm44]

Man was good at what he did -—boxing—but, like all who refuse to help or fight for our Nation they make a good life on the courage of others who serve the armed forces when needed to protect all-—call it ‘no guts’, true fear or anything else I see it every day in some who are in positions of trust and so called ‘leadership’-—there have always been such cowards in the world from the beginnings of time