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2024-05-28 02:06:30

J. Nathan Matias 🦣 on Nostr: Today I am grateful for conscientious objectors who gave their lives over the ...

Today I am grateful for conscientious objectors who gave their lives over the centuries to establish paths for people to choose not to participate in the violent parts of a conscripted military.

According to this UN report, the earliest recorded conscientious objector was a Christian — Saint Maximilian, who refused to serve in the Roman army due to religious convictions. As the idea of the nation state & conscription grew, so did the idea of conscientious objection.

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/ConscientiousObjection_en.pdf
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