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Originally Posted by Rev. Kelly
I have to admit that the people you are introducing me to are much more dedicated to a cause than I am. I could not set myself on fire, and die a horrific death for an ideal. I start thinking about that, and my mind immediately goes to my children, and what would happen to them.
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...Thic Quang Duc did this when he was an elderly man, having spent his life in meditation and teaching. Morrison was much younger, and had three children, as I recall; I have often wondered what happened to them, and how they feel about their father's act.
I think that, except for truly exception people, most of us take a much more moderate approach to our causes. I do not think that is bad; I do not even think that it is necessarily less heroic -- believing something, living it, for years and years even though much less spectacular, can require great reserves of self-discipline and courage.