JumpinJesus

I wish I could attribute what I'm about to say to the correct source, because I don't want to pass off someone else's words as my own, but I don't recall who said it, so I'll just have to say that the words aren't originally mine.

That being said, I heard once that anyone can die for a cause. Dying takes no great sacrifice. We all do it eventually. It takes no extra feat of patriotism to get shot by a sniper's bullet. It's not a conscious act of devotion to die in a bomb blast. The true measure of dedication to a cause is killing for it. True dedication comes from the sense that you believe in something so strongly, you'll kill to protect it. So the question shouldn't be: would you die for your way of life? The question should be: would you kill for your way of life?

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