In April 2010 I took my first visit to Vietnam. Everywhere I went, people would ask "Is this your first visit to Vietnam?" I would reply "Yes. My government offered to pay my way for a visit in 1973, but I declined."
In one conversation a fellow nodded with a grin and said "Draft dodger. Canada?" I quickly corrected him. "No one is forced into the military. Anyone who is a conscientious objector does not have to go. No prison, no Canada." This he found quite disturbing. "They just do not know..." I said.
Vietnam is much better now that the American invaders are gone.
In one conversation a fellow nodded with a grin and said "Draft dodger. Canada?" I quickly corrected him. "No one is forced into the military. Anyone who is a conscientious objector does not have to go. No prison, no Canada." This he found quite disturbing. "They just do not know..." I said.
Vietnam is much better now that the American invaders are gone.
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| Saigon, 2nd Sunday of Easter, April 2010 Readings: Acts 5:27-32 |
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