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Question: Are You gonna stand up for yourself (principle) even you might die!?
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English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing!.’

There was a little thing my grandfather used to tell me, about WW2!.

"They came for the Jews, and I did nothing, because it was not me!."
"They came for the Gypies, and I did nothing, because it was not me!."
"They came for the Gays, and I did nothing, because it was not me!."
"They came and came, and I did nothing, because it was not me!."
"Then, they came for me, and they was no one left to do anything for me!."

Standing up for what you believe in is not an opinion, unless you want to be somebody's slave!. Too often do people allow a small vocal minority to dictate what we do!.!.!. and it doesn't matter if you call that group the Brady Bill people, the NRA, the Moral Majority or the ACLU!.

A few moms scream!.!.!. and all music has age labels!.
A very few people,comparably, get shot and they want to take your second Admendment rights!. (Compare the number of people killed by firearms in one year to the number killed in car accidents!. How come no one is trying to take my cars away!?)

Standing up for your beliefs and right is the only way a country remains a country, a people remain a people!.!.!.

or a person can look themselves in an honest mirror in the morning!.

AlexWww@QuestionHome@Com

for sure!
i am faced with scenarios all the time on whether i should keep quiet or speak what i feel!.and in my case i need to open my mouth and speak what is on my mind!.even if everyone is against me or my life is at risk!Www@QuestionHome@Com

NO why!? I will stand up only if I have bodyguards that is!. I don't think its worth dieing, because what if you are wrong!? Or what if the others just don't know what you are talking about and kill you anyway!?
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No need !. We can make compromise even on the best principle , without affecting it !.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.i did it before, see no reason to change!.!.!.
!.!.!.thanks for asking!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com