" That's pure postmoderism deconstruction speaking" really??? I don't think I deconstructed anything. All I said, and I appreciate you being defensive - is that
1. we (really I said 'you' but I'm being polite) have no real idea how people behaved back when William Wallace and his gallant army was being beaten by the English - the Sasanach, and
2. none of us have any idea how we're behave after sleep deprevation, torture and other stuff done to us if a camera was shoved in our face.
I hope I'd be a man about it but I don't know. and I don't know you from jack but I pretty certain you you don't know either.
No, but living in a society that values honor makes it easier to do the right thing. We can always understand weakness, but lets not put it on the same level as honor.
Life is so good for us now, but we have to remember that there are worse things than death--just as there are worse things than war.
I just couldn't imagine living with myself after grovelling like that. I'd want to die anyhow, even if they freed me...