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Comment by Brian_K_White

2 days ago

In the entire history of the world, not one single thing ever got better by accepting something as it is.

Deep Space Nine:

Julian Bashir: "It's not your fault things are the way they are."

Lee: "Everybody tells themselves that. And nothing ever changes."

"You’ve heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There’s an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind."

- Dune, the gom jabbar's test for humanity

In this particular case, do you advocate the individual fight it to the bitter end? Or should they just walk away?