[ClearCase_guy]

Sophie Scholl's last words were "How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"

As you say, there were few who had the courage and many of those gave their lives for the struggle. In America, we have some more hope because we have a gun culture. Many people in the US are just armchair cowboys who probably wouldn't rise up and do anything. But we certainly have a good number of folks who have the will, and the means, to stand up and say "No".

[donna]

I’d be willing to do lots of things if it was only my life at risk. When the lives of my family, especially chidren, are at risk, well, that just gets difficult.