[TheRealThing]

He never recanted nor regretted his decision to conscientiously object. He was and is heroic.

Are you following along? Or just wandering in on occasion?

Like I said, I was there and I heard all the things said, and read many of the things written about Clay in the newspapers. He was not given a pass, I can tell you that. As Hoot pointed out, the boxing commission denied him legitimacy for a number of years. It is anything but heroic for an able bodied man to refuse serving his country in any time, much less wartime.

Did you serve your country US, or are you borrowing from others who feign self righteous indignation in Ali's name?