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Bilbodoggins
Off topic but just for the record since you brought it up, Ali never said he was "against violence" to get out of serving in the military.
Read a little history if you are really interested in the facts about his refusal to be inducted.
Quit parsing words. I know the history. I was there. Ali claimed to be a concientious objector. A concentious objector is "against violence."
Don't beat people up then claim to be against violence.
The court let him get away with it. Then they followed with saying the ruling set no precedent and applied to nothing else.
Men claiming to be concientious objectors wound up in the military or jail while Ali was let go. Bad decision.