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=**When is it alright to kill?**= A New Form of Paving for French and Belgian Cities.

 =Four Minute Men Speach = =“Is war really necessary? Is it worth spending millions and millions of dollars towards our loved ones deaths? Is ever truly alright to kill? Thousands and thousands of families will weep in the loss of their husbands, brothers, and dads. And for what? For the rich to get richer. And the poor to get poorer. We are piling up a debt that will be put upon our children’s children to pay off. We are putting poor, helpless, and very scared men into trenches where they are left to rot and die in a pool of their own blood. To the rich stock holder the war is a plus, but for the majority of America, the war is making life harder. The price of goods is raising and people are starving. The United States needs to avoid the war and it is very obvious that we don’t want a war. Without this war we would be saving millions of lives and dollars. It is extremely important to keep our country out of turmoil and this deadly war.” = = = = =

**__I Didn't Raise My Son To Be A Soldier__**
> I raised him up to be my pride and joy > Why should he put a musket to his shoulder > To kill another mother's darling boy > Why should he fight in someone else's quarrels > It's time to throw the sword and gun away > There would be no war today > If the nations all would say > No I didn't raise my son to be a soldier I didn't raise my son to be a soldier > To go fighting in some far-off foreign land > He may get killed before he's any older > For a cause that he will never understand > Why should he fight another rich man's battle > While they stay at home and while their time away > Let those with most to lose > Fight each other if they choose > For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier I didn't raise my son to be a soldier > To go fighting heathens round the Horn > If God required to prove that boys are bolder > They'd have uniforms and guns when they were born > Why should we have wars about religion > When Jesus came to teach us not to kill > Do Zulus and Hindoos > Not have the right to choose > For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier I didn't raise my son to be a soldier > I raised him up to be a gentleman > To find a sweet young girl and love and hold her > Bring me some grandchildren when they can > Why can't we decide that the Empire > Is just as large as it requires to be > And I'd rather lose it all > Than to see my laddie fall > For I didn't raise my son to be a soldier Many times soldiers fought their conscience in battle. They didn’t think they should kill. Some men didn’t even aim at the enemy.
 * I didn't raise my son to be a soldier



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 The song, “I didn’t raise my son to be a soldier,” was made to convince people to not join the war. It listed the reasons why war is not right and how it is, a lot of times, barbaric. This song may have affected the war by saying things like, “Why should he put a musket to his shoulder to kill another mother's darling boy.” This would have affected the men by making them worry for the other men fighting. Their families probably care about him greatly so why should they have the pain of his death. The song also brought up another great point when it said, “Why should he fight another rich man’s battle while they stay at home and while their time away.” This would anger many people and make them agree that the people who profit from the war, should fight it. There are many reasons why this song affected the people who heard it and it certainly created many opinions on the war. ===== “Henry’s Songbook.” __Mysongbook.de__. 12/28/09. [].  “Opposition to Wilson ’s War Message.” __Mtholyoke.com__. 12/20/09 . []