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Originally Posted by Certain
No, he didn't dodge the draft. Dodging the draft means avoiding it. He walked right into the office and refused to serve. Draft-dodgers went to Canada. Muhammad Ali went to jail.
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i ninja edited as you were posting this. he never went to prison.
but thats besides the point, he was drafted and refused service, he wasn't lawfully deemed a conscientious objector, he didnt serve in the military and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. he was sentenced FOR DODGING THE DRAFT
you get drafted, you go to war.
a draft dodger can be a coward who slinks to canada, or someone like ali. its simply not answering the call when drafted
personally i view people like donald trump as a draft dodger as well, he worked the system with deferments and shit, but technically he isn't.
TECHNICALLY by definition and by all legal viewpoints, ali WAS a draft dodger.
your personal definition and opinion doesn't make it different lol