[The Urban Sombrero]

None of the above make him a hero any more than enduring the criticism and constant media bashing that Tebow goes through.

When you talk about conscientious objectors the first thing that come to my mind is Sgt. Alvin York....He served his country courageously and became America's most decorated war hero. That is the true definition of a hero. As you mentioned Clay would have been in special services to begin with, so was there to object to?


Ted Williams made the exact same sacrifices that Ali did as far as career and money and actually served as a fighter pilot. And did it in 2 different wars...Countless hundreds of other major league players did the same. For that matter Elvis Presley did too, and he was a far bigger star earning far more money than Cassius Clay.

What does the color of Ali's skin have to do with anything? Your analogy speaks loudly that you don't think that he should have been treated equally with everyone else. Just because he was black and a muslim you are saying that he should have been treated special...Don't give me three or paragraphs of gobbelty goop disputing that fact either. I don't care if Ali was green, purple, or blue, he was still a coward. Name one thing that his refusing to go to the army benefited anyone else in this country? NOT ONE DARN THING. Nothing that he did warranted hero status.


He was a selfish coward.

The color of Ali's skin had him riding in the back of the bus, barred from eating at the lunch counter, counted as a second class citizen by a country asking him to go serve in a war for a country not granting him justice.

On the one hand, you express a certain hatred and distrust of government. On the other, you express contempt for a man who told that government "No" as a conscientious objector to a war more controversial than any in our history. It actually seems you express contempt for anyone who doesn't share your view of the world. BGR is very generous and gives wide latitude. Other sites would have sent you packing long ago.