From Mark Steyn:
None of us can know for certain how we would behave in his circumstances, and very few of us will ever face them. But, if I had to choose in advance the very last words I’d utter in this life, “Tony Blair has not done enough for me” would not be high up on the list.
I would never criticize anyone for weakness in the face of death, but I hope that if I were in Kenneth Bigley’s place (which I fervently hope I will never be) I would have the courage to say something like: Don’t give in to terror!
UPDATE: Here's how to handle terrorists: never give in. Here too.
Posted by David Boxenhorn at October 12, 2004 11:57 AMAgreed.
(And let me know if you get an email for this comment.)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 12, 2004 12:34 PM PermalinkAbsolutely correct. I like to think that I would fight to the end.
Posted by: Jack at October 12, 2004 04:55 PM PermalinkDavid, Wretchard gets it too!
http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/10/only-lonely-only-way-to-top-roger.html
I would hope that I would not give in to anything they asked of me or told me to say. I hope I would have the courage and the strength to tell them to go to hell and that my faith in G-d was stronger than anything they could do to me. I would hope my family was strong enough to stand firm against any monies being given over or any change of policy being implemented on my behalf.
But I am also loathe to criticize. I haven't been tested so I can't know what I would do only what I hope and pray I would do.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at October 12, 2004 11:24 PM Permalink