That's ideology in action. He/she no doubt espouses a particular ideology (right wing capitalism uber alles), but would rather shoot him/herself in the foot than live by it, ahem, I mean accept money from those who disagree.
Might as well have said: I do not accept money from commies up north because they're not pro money.

Hey wait a minute, I just noticed your subtitle...Are you a left wing libertarian?

I am so completely libertarian I require all to conform exactly to the whims of my will concerning libertarianism.

Oh, so that's what libertarianism is. It's like being a king or something? My friends always tell me that libertarianism is of necessity right wing.

I actually put that sub-title down a year and a half ago with no idea what it meant. Still don't.

Actually, I've heard of it. It's something like ordinary liberalism but with more of a commitment to free speech and other civil liberties. So William Morris would be a left wing libertarian, maybe Camus and some say Chomsky. Everytime I say this though somebody else says I'm crazy and starts talking about Ayn Rand.

Well I'd be all for prosecuting them... if they went back across the border to the United States. And if Jimmah Carter hadn't pardoned a whole pile of them 30 years ago.

Under our extradition treaty with the US, evading conscription is not something one can be extradited for. And despite my extremely hawkish views, I'm really not in favour of making it one. They can live here all they like, just don't expect us to treat them with the same sort of deference and thanks one would give a veteran.

Oh, man, Ayn Rand's philosophy is so very 14-year-old. Er, hmm. Sorry. Reflexive action, there. Considering that 80% of Americans still believe that the Vietnam War was wrong, it's interesting that there's still such vitriol about the draft dodgers who came to Canada.

People in the US have always been able to claim conscientious objector status: that means they wouldn't have to serve in a combat capacity. If these draft dodgers were really cowards then they could have avoided the actual fighting, easily.

Instead, they gave up any hope of a future, gave up contact with friends and family, and left their homes - and never thought they'd be allowed to return - all because they thought that the war was wrong. I don't think they deserve any accolades for making a decision based on their personal morality (much like a Christian expecting accolades for not sinning) but I do think that US sentiment is weirdly skewed about the whole thing.

Funny thing that. One I know became a great Crown prosecutor and another a math teacher in my school and a Minister of government. Maybe they made a hard hard choice I never will have to and excelled in their contribution to Canadian society. Thanks for coming up. That's what I say.

Well, let me clarify that they _believed_ that they were gaving up any hope of a future, even though your comment makes it clear that many of them did indeed end up having great lives, and great futures, here. I'm not sure that Nelson, BC's approach - a statue - is entirely warranted, but I certainly didn't think that it was out of line. :)