A conscientious objector is someone who refuses to participate in combat for moral and ethical concerns. There has never been a time when war has addressed a problem. War is viewed as immoral in this poetry. This is due to the fact that combat takes lives. Many people refuse to fight due to personal reasons such as the death of loved ones or because they believe there must be another way. There are several lines in the poem that address these issues directly. The first one states "No man has a right to kill or maim" which means that no one has the right to hurt other human beings if they do not have a chance to be heard. Some may argue that police officers have the right to use their weapon to stop a crime, but many feel that it is wrong for them to shoot at innocent people. Another line says "All warfare is wrong since it does not serve to advance humanity." This means that fighting is always wrong because it does not help people become better friends, neighbors, and humans generally. What's more is that fighting often causes more problems than it solves. There have been times where wars have ended up causing more damage than what started them off in the first place. At the end of the Second World War, there were an estimated quarter of a million COs in the United States.