{"id":2586,"date":"2019-06-06T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2019-06-06T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:04:55","slug":"draft-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2019\/06\/06\/draft-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you could do something to get out of getting drafted in the military, would you? A military draft is a system for selecting young men for military service. Young men are required by law to register in the draft. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A draft dodger is someone who \u201cdodges\u201d the draft or avoids it. Believe it or not, but many famous people have dodged military drafts such as Bill Clinton, John Wayne, Dick Cheney, Bill O\u2019reilly, Donald Trump and many more. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are a ton of ways that people dodged military drafts before. One of the many ways is making up a serious health condition. Our own president actually used that way to dodge the draft. When it was the day of the medical exams he brought in a piece of paper from his doctor saying that he has heel spurs. \u00a0President Trump said, \u201c I had a doctor that gave me a letter, a very strong letter on heel spurs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Another way you could dodge the draft is to just go to college. Many famous people used this way to dodge a draft such as Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and Dick Cheney. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Also, some people actually pretended to be homosexual! In the 1960\u2019s and 1970\u2019s they would pretend they were queer. Some men would also wear underwear to the medical exams. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A lot of people would also get married. During the Vietnam War a lot of people fled to Canada. Mostly middle class and educated people fled to Canada and that kind of had an effect on the people there. A lot of people dodged the vietnam draft because they thought it was a mistake and a violation of the principles the U.S was founded on. There were very few people that dodged the draft for other reasons. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you decide to just refuse the draft then you might be prosecuted and get a fine up to 250,000 dollars or more and you won\u2019t be able to become a citizen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All in all some people may think draft dodging is a bad thing and other people think it’s socially acceptable.<\/span><\/p>\n

By: Razan Alfurati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you could do something to get out of getting drafted in the military, would you? A military draft is a system for selecting young men for military service. Young men are required by law to register in the draft.   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A draft dodger is someone who \u201cdodges\u201d the draft or avoids it. Believe it …<\/p>\n

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