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letra de the history of burning drafts - stardustlegend

in 1968 the u.s court needed to rule
on whether or not
the burning of drafts should be ridiculed
cause at the time the war on vietnam was raging on
and very few had wanted to
be forced to raise a gun

but why is this, and why is that?
and why would they not support?
to answer this, let’s take it back
by looking at history!

the war on vietnam was on because of one purpose
to prevent the rise, and spread
and integration of communists
the south itself had allied with the u.s. government
and the north in turn
had allied with the chinese regiment

so what happened, and what went wrong?
and why did they all protest?
let’s continue on, and we’ll find out
what made them want to detest!

well at the time, the u.s. decided to implement
the u.s. draft which mandated the service of citizens
all men of 18 years to 25 had to apply
and 1/3 of the men in war
where forced there to comply
and in 1965 the u.s. had attacked north vietnam
and u.s. planes, where flying overhead
and dropping bombs
critics had started questioning the government’s methods
of claiming they were liberating and fighting for ethics
so people think, and they question
and wonder what to do
and some decide, that they won’t fight
a war they don’t want to!

in 1965 the destruction of drafts became a way
to protest and avoid the war taking place far away
while not the first, and not the last
david miller had went
and publicly burned his draft card
on the cold hard concrete steps
they took him in, and sentenced him
to prison for 30 months
a pacifist, a catholic
arrested for his protest!
the court had ruled that burning drafts
was not a proper plight
protected by the first amendment of the bill of rights

but this would not be the last time
we hear about this regard
in 3 years the u.s. court will have
to argue about these cards
david o’brien was a huge protestor of the war
and he had burned his card and smeared it
on the boston courthouse char
he said he was exercising his first amendment right
so is the law against burning draft cards against his fight?
they argued and they debated
for days and months on end
but ultimately they decided
to convict him then

explaining their decision
chief justice warren had this to say
that the conduct of burning drafts
was not free speech on face
the case was 7 to 1, majority saying that they need
a test to see whether or not a protest act is valid
they determined that if the government’s own interests
where within constitutional power people should not resist
the interest of drafts itself were unrelated to
the freedom or suppression of the first amendment dues

how sad for those who live in the poor and the middle class
for that means they cannot avoid the unfair wartime draft
so that’s the burning of draft cards in the u.s. back then
i hope you all learned something valuable from my lesson

- stardustlegend

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