Originally published by AMERICANSCAPEGOAT.COM
OCTOBER 18, 2015
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’
-Bob Dylan
During the Vietnam War, many young people enrolled in college to avoid getting drafted. The logic that they followed was that they were less likely to die if they stayed out of a war.
In recent years, more young Americans have died in college than in war. The government’s figures for college-related deaths can be found here. The government’s figures for military deaths can be found here (scroll to pages 11 and 12 for details.)