"By initiating comments or responding to those made by others, you void your position of reluctance, like when going to war to kill others somone voids their right to keep their own life safe from assault."
Where do you see a threat to your life in this statement? Are you going to war on me and try to take my life, such that your's would be, by your own actions, forfeit?
I'm applying a univerally understood principle governing actions in one theater to actions in another.
You managed to surprise me. Did you read the passage carefully? It seems clear to me. Can you point out where it is unclear to the point where your interpretation is reasonable? 