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It is the year of the veteran, and we gather around to commemorate the heroes who have risked their lives for our freedom, and to them we bow our heads. The poppy we wear on our shirts each year on that day represents the idea of freedom and fighting for our country, but think about it, what about the people who didn't go out to fight for the sake of our country or for the honor and dignity of their family, not because they didn't want to but because they couldn't? Many of the conscientious objectors that we are going to speak of didn't go out to fight due to religious reasons, while others protested for moral reasons. There were sectarian pacifist groups that lived in Canada who followed a religion that preached to them that it was immoral to kill and were guaranteed exemption from military...

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