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Judge cites homeschoolers for violating U.N. mandate
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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 377857" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>I WAS only 19 when I joined the Army Reserve (then known as the CMF) mainly to avoid the draft which would have sent me to 'Nam. </p><p></p><p>I did this in discussion with my father, an ANZAC who had served in WWII and did not want me going there. Neither of us thought it was a place we (as a nation) should have been. There was a lot of politics that is too involved to go into here. </p><p></p><p>This song has special meaning for me as I had a few mates who had been and others who were damaged by war in other ways.</p><p></p><p>I break down and cry pretty well every time I hear it or read the words as I realise just how close I came to being part of that experience myself. </p><p></p><p>Even now I'm seeing through blurry vision.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 377857, member: 4085"] I WAS only 19 when I joined the Army Reserve (then known as the CMF) mainly to avoid the draft which would have sent me to 'Nam. I did this in discussion with my father, an ANZAC who had served in WWII and did not want me going there. Neither of us thought it was a place we (as a nation) should have been. There was a lot of politics that is too involved to go into here. This song has special meaning for me as I had a few mates who had been and others who were damaged by war in other ways. I break down and cry pretty well every time I hear it or read the words as I realise just how close I came to being part of that experience myself. Even now I'm seeing through blurry vision. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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