I was bragging to my co-worker that I dodged the vietnam draft, and she said...

Before our current wars, this was not a big deal to many people. Jimmy Carter pardoned draft dodgers so they really do not have to face legal rammifications. Right now she and others are wisely telling you not to brag about this because men and women are currently volunteering to risk their lives. I do not see a difference between those who dodged the draft during Vietnam and those who do not sign up for service now. You did not have a legal choice. There are many out there who would look at you as a disgrace, but many of those people have never served in the military or will not go to a recruiters office. The only people out there who have any "right" to judge you are those who served in the military. You have to live with your choice. I would however keep quiet.
 
I don't know the statute of limitations on draft dodging, but I'd be surprised if you'd have any legal trouble. However it strikes me as something that people who were drafted and served find offensive. Many of them were against the war themselves, but forced to go only to come back and find their peers hated them for it. They probably wouldn't take too kindly to bragging about your ability to avoid that. I'm not saying you were wrong to avoid the draft, just that you shouldn't rub it in the face of people who went to war in your place.
 
I don't think you're old enough to have dodged the Viet Nam draft, and neither are your parents.

I've often wondered what the cowardly, scum sucking, spineless draft dodgers of the Viet Nam area talk about when they have reunions.

(USN, retired 1965 - 85/in-country Viet Nam vet)
 
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