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originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: bloodymarvelous
Personally, I'd rather be dead than waking up from a coma and facing the medical Bill's I racked up...
It wasnt the 2000 or so people polio killed that scared the heck out of people, it was what it did to the 16000 or so it left paralyzed every season that did..
"Fighting the war" in this case is taking proactive measures to defeat the invader... not just letting the invader rampage and loot the countryside till it gets bored and moves on.
It means sending the most talented knights out to slay the dragon. Not push the most vulnerable sheep out the door hoping it will satisfy the dragons appetite for a time.