Let's forget the possible effects of Effexor withdrawal (my bitter 2-month experiment terminating in voluntary cold turkey), but hearing from someone close to home that she would gladly "Die for my country" hit hard.
Really? You'd die for your country, really? Really? Let me hold a gun to your son's head and ask you: do you want me to kill your son for your country? Let alone you -- I don't particularly care about you -- but are you willing for ANYONE to die for something as nebulous as a "country"?
No. Let's change the scenario. Now the gun is at YOUR head. Are you still willing to "die for my country?" I'm going to pull the trigger now, there is going to be NO COUNTRY, no NOTHING any more for you, just a fucking carcass.
Is that what you want to die for?
if so, you're a FUCKING BETTER HUMAN BEING THAN I AM.
Or maybe just stupider.
I just literally can't think of a scenario where my death would make a difference for my whole country. It would have to be a really complicated situation where I was like James Bond and they wired my heart into the biggest nuclear bomb ever and if my heart beat one or two or three more times the bomb would explode and take out not only the state of Ohio but the whole East coast and continue out over the rockies and the entire West coast. And Alaska. And Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Seems pretty far-fetched. But yes, I'd be honored to die for my country if it came down to all that.
My thoughts exactly!
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