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Conscientious Objection - A Christian Perspective by Paddy Kearney

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    Conscientious Objection - A Christian Perspective by Paddy Kearney
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    Paddy Kearney
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    Paddy Kearney
    Synopsis:
    CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION - A TIMELY TOPIC!
    I think the Committee should be congratulated on choosing a very timely topic. It's a timely topic for a number of reasons:
    1. There is evidence that an increasing number of young men are not reporting for military service. For example, in a written reply to Mr Harry Schwartz, MP the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence said,that the cases of 1 589 people who had failed to report for military service in 1978 were still being investigated. It is likely that many of these are overseas; many too are thought to be graduates who are badly needed for the development of the country. So while the Prime Minister has declared that there is no "trouble between the Defence
    Force and conscientious objectors", there is some reason - - - 

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  • Produced 05 December 2018
    Last Updated 26 June 2019

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