Conscientious Objection needs be holisitic, or the mores of any given time will catch an appellant up. In WWI, the draft board tried to catch presumed hypocrites by asking if the drank tea:
Conscientious objectors can drink tea even if taxed, because a tea tax is a minor violation of human rights but killing others is an existential violation. You'll need to be holistically formed to defend your objection when the next draft comes.
They drafted 41 year olds?
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It appeared that the tribunals tried to argue that as a taxed good, drinking tea was a contribution to the war effort.
Thousands of conscientious objectors refused to perform military service, usually on moral or religious grounds, as conscription laws enlisted 2.5 million extra British troops from 1916 onwards.
By March 1916, the British Government was desperately short of soldiers, conscription was introduced and all able-bodied men, aged between 18 and 41, were ordered to join the war effort.
Conscientious objectors can drink tea even if taxed, because a tea tax is a minor violation of human rights but killing others is an existential violation. You'll need to be holistically formed to defend your objection when the next draft comes.
They drafted 41 year olds?
Feel Free To Email This To Three Friends.
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