When I was a Viet Nam era citizen of age I declared myself a "conscientious objector" in some misguided notion that it would keep me from being drafted.
Later, when I enlisted in the Navy it came up again and I had to explain myself ... even though my explanation was obviously lacking.
The bottom line here was my "objection" was more ruse than anything else, that I knew not what I was doing, and we pretty much signed a few papers and they took me anyway.
International Conscientious Objectors Day is about resisting service in the military.
There is an organization about it all which calls for "action" on militarism.
It delves into those military causes of climate change and the various other mythologies du jour being proffered by the left.
Those tenets are typically a false gospel used to indoctrinate individuals into that pitfall which is leftist ideology and the notion of taking from those who earn and giving it to those who do not.
Those pacifist aspects are simply a manifestation of failure to be a responsible citizen. Further, that cowardice and lack of conviction typically arises as part and parcel to the objector ... unless you're like my good old friend George who is no longer with us.
He simply was pissed off at everything authoritative — and I think it was likely due to all that cannabis of which he partook.