[CoolNard]

Originally Posted by dogsbody70

If you were a consciencious objector if your country was at war you would probably go to PRISON. Many Canadians came over here to join with Americans and Brits among others to fight against Hitler. Many lost their lives. We are very grateful to them all.


If another country wants to over-run and overtake your country-- then you need to protect your country.

That's in the past, dogsbody. I'm with JojoBizarre and Ronin on this. "Fighting for humanity" means fighting for the best possible cause for the best possible consequence for the most number of people. In other words - utilitarianism. It's the 21st century, surely there are more peace advocators than there are harbingers of war. Although there are many existing aggressive and hostile gestures throughout the world, at least the idea of peaceful resolutions over aggression is prioritized, as compared to the preceding World Wars.

As a conscientious objector, I would protect my country, but not by means of dishing out the heavy artillery; I would obviously protect my country, but not by the logic of being a citizen in my country, but by being a human with morals. That's why I can say the same about Japan and other nations.