I found the following quote today. Without comparing it to anything that's happened recently or analyzing what freedom is or how free we really are, or anything like that, I'd like to know what you all think about it.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and the degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important that his own personal safety, is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless made or kept so by the exertions of men better than himself. -John Stuart Mill

i agree with that wholeheartedly. in fact it reminds me of a few lines from a song i know.

"i ain't bowin' to no motherf***in bully,
i won't allow it, ain't no coward to no bully,
i'll be damned if i don't stand up to a bully,
fight like a man and throw my hands up to a bully..."

in reference to Ben's quote, it reminds us that some ppl won't go to 'war' even when it's their own personal safety at stake, like in the case of bullying/abuse.

P.S. points to anyone who can place the song

Mr Mathers perchance ;0)

5 points!