Members of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) have vowed to continue their fight saying they’d rather go to Westgate than Warwick Camp.Jamel Hardtman, Eugene Johnston and brothers Larry Jr and Lamont Marshall insist “the fight goes on” after their exemption tribunal ended amid angry scenes.The Bermuda Regiment conscripts have spent thousands of dollars on their five-year fight against conscription, which has taken them all the way to the Privy Council in London.Having lost previous court cases based on human rights arguments, the four men question whether they will ever win court proceedings admitting that their efforts keep “falling on deaf ears”.However, the determined campaigners remain adamant they are “doing the right thing” not just for themselves but for Bermuda as a whole.The men spoke to The Royal Gazette after their latest disappointment when their Defence Exemption Tribunal (DET) was abruptly adjourned at the Anglican Cathedral Hall on Wednesday.Tempers flared as Lamont Marshall was explaining to the panel why he was a conscientious objector to mandatory military service. He talked about the “forced labour” of the Regiment, including soldiers being forced to watch pornography, urinate in bottles at night and the attempted knifepoint rape of a soldier.Things got heated as tribunal panel member William Madeiros said his Regiment stories were “pretty offensive” then accused him of being “very close to crossing the line”. The campaigners said they felt the comment from the retired Regiment officer major was a threat.Lamont Marshall compared walking into the tribunal as if he was “down South in the 1950s” and “up for a crime against an all white jury”.He was the only one who got to put forward his argument and he said the reaction of the panel proved that: “The truth hurts, the truth offends people.”Lamont Marshall said: “We didn’t stand a chance in there. They already had their pre-determined judgment. We could have spit out all the fire in the world, but to them it’s just like playing a casual game of cards.“I felt like I was speaking to deaf ears. It was just a bunch of empty stares looking back at me.“The Regiment is a plague that has infected Bermuda for 50 years and it is endorsed by a black Government.”For the last five years BAD has campaigned against Bermuda’s conscription laws saying it goes against a person’s right to choose what they do and how they devote their time.Instead they would like to see a “full-time and full-paid” Regiment to take care of the Island’s internal security, natural disaster clean-up efforts and ceremonial duties.Lamont Marshall added: “We’ve been going on like this for years, but we’ll keep on going. We’re in the midst of a fight.”Larry Marshall Jr angrily stormed out of the tribunal in support of his brother Lamont who was on the stand. He yelled to the panel: “We’re never going to get no justice, I’m tired of this crap.”He said afterwards: “We are doing the right thing but they just can’t see it.“I was disgusted with the condescending way they spoke to my brother.“They’d gone into the tribunal with this attitude. It was all pre-determined.“I’m sick and tied of going into these hearings, knowing that we are going to lose.“I am not serving at Warwick Camp. They can send me to Westgate.”Mr Hardtman said the panel had “set the tone” for the tribunal right at the start when they questioned why they hadn’t turned up for a hearing last summer.He believes the Regiment treats soldiers like slaves and during his own argument he had planned to talk about the definition of slavery.Mr Hardtman said he had been arrested at his place of work and locked up in a cell “not even fit for a dog”.He said: “It [the tribunal] was a huge injustice. There was nothing but arrogance showed to us in that room. What happened was inevitable.“I’m not sure we’re ever going to get a fair trial, I’m not even sure they know what a conscientious objector is. The way we were treated was not just morally wrong but also ethically wrong.“We are only asking for our basic human rights, we just want to be free.”Mr Hardtman, who is studying in the States, added that he had spent all his school savings fighting against conscription. He added: “We’ve spent so much time and money, but we’re not going anywhere, that’s what they want.”Mr Johnston could not be reached for comment yesterday.