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i can t talk about it. it s too emotional. i really miss my family. reporter: he would wash his laundry at an airport bathroom saying there was no hot water for showers for the past months despite immigration saying there should be. he was given a hot bun and juice for lunch, chicken and rice for dinner while he feels powerless to control his future. he says the alternative would be far worse. what would your message be to the people who are deciding if you can stay? translator: i m not a draft dodger. i m against the war and i don t want to go to war and kill people, but i m not a draft dodger. reporter: an important point to make he feels as south korea has mandatory military service of its own of at least 18 months for almost all able- bodied men, most by the age 28. do you consider yourself a victim of this war? translator: of course. a year ago i had no intention of leaving. i never thought i d leave russia. reporter: what he didn t realize before boarding a plane to seo
hi, mike. all in the family did politics probably better than any other show from that era. it allowed for both drama and pathos, but also humor. why don t you stay and have christmas eve dinner with us? there s a knock on the door and it s a friend of michael s. he s living in canada because he s a vietnam draft dodger. aren t you taking a big chance coming down to the states? yeah, but it s christmas, you know? so christmas sets the tone for all this. on holidays pinky, sometimes he gets feeling a little low, you know? and archie has invited another guest, his friend pinky. so if he starts talking about steve, get him off the subject. make a joke about something. who s steve? well, steve is the only son. he got knocked off over in vietnam, you see? so you have the gold star father and the draft dodger at the same table. and the next question is what the hell you got in canada you ain t got here? so here they are dealing with the argument of the moment