BL> Pathetic wankers who damaged my country.

BL> We the majority were wrong... but that's the way it was in
BL> 1966. I was there. Alex Mitchell was there too... hiding in Uni
BL> doing an Arts degree to be safe from the lottery.

DD> Did you go to Vietnam Bob?

 No. I was one of the half-million lucky ones who supported the
five-thousand who lost the lottery and went willingly. My family has
never been to *any* war, not through cowardice or dishonour, but
simply by being born at the right time - too old or too young for the
current conflict. I missed Vietnam by being too old, and my brother
missed by being too young. We even missed Nasho. Dad missed WWII by a
year. Even so, at the time I would have done my duty to Australia if
my birthday had come out of the lottery. I had nothing but disdain for
the gutless ones who were called, and suddenly discovered they were
devout cowards (like George W and Clinton). I also believed that
Vietnam was an honourable war necessary for Australia's survival, and
I saw protestors as gutless shit. I still do. I was pleased to see
that Jim Cairns died. Good riddance. I'd have shipped every protestor
to Hanoi, and that was the majority attitude btw, until 1970 or so.

 So, we were wrong... but it's easy to be right ten years on.

Regards,
Bob

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