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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (41116)6/20/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
No Pax, eh? Okay, then:

If one could prevent oneself from
dying one should do it ... Dying for a cause, ANY cause,
without a VERY good reason repulses me

Gosh. All those soldiers who died to stop Hitler when they could have feigned sickness or run away were foolish, silly, because they were willing to die to protect the dream of freedom. And those who fought the Revolutionary War for that thing called freedom when they could have prevented themselves from dying just by saying "sure, England, we'll gladly pay your taxes and submit to your governors and save our lives."

Dumb clucks.

But as for me, I am eternally grateful to those dumb clucks, and am proud to say so.
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