quite honestly, i would choose to be tortured/raped over having my head sawed off. obviously i've never been in either situation, but i'm almost certain that is what i'd chooose.
pan... i may have missed something in this thread, but i can't find anyone who is laughing at the situation. you usually seem pretty level headed, so i'm trying to find out where you got that from.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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