From: "Gary Britt" 

So freedom, personal individual liberty, democracy, the form of government
under which you must live, none of these things are worth fighting and
dying for?

Gary

"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message news:411623c3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:411611ef$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > If you have things that are worth fighting and dying for, then you
> > have beliefs that are worth fighting for and dying for.  The
> > things = beliefs.
>
> Ok, I see that we have a different meaning for beliefs.
>
>
> > I think you are hung up on a very restricted definition of beliefs.
>
> Hehe, I could say that I think you are hung up on a very broad definition
of
> beliefs. How can everything be a belief?
>
>
> > I believe the original question was along the lines of is there not
> > anything you believe in that's worth fighting and dying for?
>
> My original comment was a reply to this: "Fewer than a fifth of Britons
say
> they would be willing to die for their beliefs, compared with 71 per cent
of
> Americans." I very specifically commented on the "beliefs" part.
>
>
> > You originally answered no,
>
> To  a different question.
>
>
> > now you seem to say yes.  What are the "things" you think are
> > worth fighting and dying for?
>
> Family and friends, people. Not much more.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

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