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I love your work, JVL, but this piece feels so much like you’re just telling them to “lay back and think of England”, as they say in the UK.

Dying to defend your homeland - even in a futile effort on an individual level, even with a strong likelihood of dying, and even if the result is likely a fait accompli - is the ultimate in sacrifice and bravery. Do you think the dead of

The Warsaw Uprising were foolish, or that they were heroes who showed the absolute measure of their incredible bravery?

What happened to “give me liberty or give me death”?

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