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Jun. 12th, 2009
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Jun. 12th, 2009 02:20 pm"There are many things worth living for, there are a few things worth dying for, but there is nothing worth killing for.” - Thomas Eugene (Tom) Robbins
I don't agree. At all. There are plenty of things worth killing for. The people you love, the causes you believe in--yes, they're worth killing for.
Look, I'm not saying it's something one should take lightly. But if you're willing to die for something, or someone, for a cause, for anything, you should also be willing to take up arms--literally or proverbially--and fight for it. Sometimes that means dying. Sometimes that means taking a life, or lives.
I used to kill to keep the world safe. To save lives. It took it's toll, you'll never hear me deny that, but don't you stand there and try to tell me that it wasn't worth it.
I'll agree with one thing, though: saying you'll kill or die for something? In the end, that's much easier than laying down arms and saying "I'll live for this. I'll wake up in the morning and I'll live. I'll go to sleep at night and I'll keep breathing, for this."
In the end, I think that's what bravery really is. It's not fighting, or killing, or dying.
It's living.
I don't agree. At all. There are plenty of things worth killing for. The people you love, the causes you believe in--yes, they're worth killing for.
Look, I'm not saying it's something one should take lightly. But if you're willing to die for something, or someone, for a cause, for anything, you should also be willing to take up arms--literally or proverbially--and fight for it. Sometimes that means dying. Sometimes that means taking a life, or lives.
I used to kill to keep the world safe. To save lives. It took it's toll, you'll never hear me deny that, but don't you stand there and try to tell me that it wasn't worth it.
I'll agree with one thing, though: saying you'll kill or die for something? In the end, that's much easier than laying down arms and saying "I'll live for this. I'll wake up in the morning and I'll live. I'll go to sleep at night and I'll keep breathing, for this."
In the end, I think that's what bravery really is. It's not fighting, or killing, or dying.
It's living.
