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From: "Antti Kurenniemi"
"Gary Britt" wrote in message
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> 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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