As a JW teen I remember the possibility of a draft looming somewhat large in my anxiety closet. As a result, I asked a few JWs visiting from Mexico about how they handled the draft issue down there. They all got quiet and didn't really say much. Later on, one of their fluent english-speaking JW relatives confirmed what Ray Franz described in COC.
My black-and-white-justice teen brain went apesh*t and I asked my elder Dad about it. He pulled out the "Theocratic Warfare" card. I could understand lying to the Nazis, but this bribing Mexican officials to beat the draft didn't quite smell right to me. I knew American JWs had gone to prison and this didn't seem fair. But there was one piece of the puzzle that I couldn't seem to think of.
Malawi.
Duh!
Thanks Ray.
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