How on earth are you getting that message from this thread? My whole intention with the thread is to say that I sincerely believe in opposing war, and wish to better understand the most effective ways to communicate that. I don't see anything in this thread to suggest that the reason I want to avoid conscription is concern for personal safety, other than mentioning Prob(death or serious injury | conscription) and I mention that here precisely because I would expect LWers to not view that as a retreat from separate ethical commitments to a position.

I find your reaction upsetting, either because you're only taking things at the surface level and disregarding what I'm actually saying, or else because I've written it up so poorly that I am not communicating my position at all. In any case, it's a shock to my prior that someone finds this post worthy of a downvote.