Conscientious Objector launches website

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0207-03.htm

Published on Monday, February 7, 2005 by the Associated Press
Conscientious Objector Launches Web Site

WINTHROP, Maine — A 22-year-old veteran from Peaks Island, Maine who was granted conscientious objector status from the Army last November is taking to the Internet to share what he learned with others. Perry O'Brien, who served a tour in Afghanistan as an airborne medic before he was honorably discharged, on Saturday launched his online guide - http://www.peace-out.com - at a Winthrop Area People for Peace breakfast at the Winthrop Congregational Church.

"The Army doesn't make this information widely available, and many soldiers don't even know that the option of CO (conscientious objection) is available to them," O'Brien said. "This is a comprehensive, online resource for COs. We're already talking to three soldiers on how to avoid all the pitfalls."

O'Brien's concerns about military recruiting were shared by others.

"We have the Army sitting right in the lunchroom, handing out free pins. The Marines are coming next week," said James Perkins, a mathematics teacher in Lewiston. "If our students could hear (about the downside of war), it would be a bigger numeric consequence."

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Also, take a minute to check out the website. This is a project I'm heavily involved in, so it's a bit of a plug as well.

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