Poll: Would you die for your country?

[Woodsey]

No - I'd die for the people I know though.

It'd have to be pretty serious shit for me to get involved and join the army or whatever though.

 

[Vhite]

No, my country sucks.

 

[gl1koz3]

I thought today's society is built on top of capitalism and not kill sticks and bricks.

 

[Adecristo]

If I really would do anything, and not be just cannon fodder, then yes. Of course, if there's something more to defend than just land and empty houses, where noone lives anyway.

 

[Choppaduel]

As with a moral decisions, it depends.

 

[WrongSprite]

Fuck that, notice how once you die, you're dead? The universe continues on for billions of years and you won't see another second etc etc.

Therefore, once I'm dead, nothing will have a point from my perspective, therefore, I'm going to avoid dying at any cost.

 

[eastinfecter]

of course, my country is awesome!

 

[darksky]

No, I would not die for my country.
And to be honest I probably wouldn't know we were at war until it was over.

 

[Andy999]

Not for the country itself, nor would I kill for it. People are always more important than the arbitrary chunks of land they inhabit. After all, once someone's dead, they can never be more than a memory.

The people in it? Maybe. It would be the right thing to do if by dying you might save many, but it's easy to SAY you would without actually being in that situation.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

FOR THE MOTHERLAND!!!!!! (I really love my home =P)

 

[leviticusd]

I'd rather make them die for their country....

I would protect my community if my safety is threatened, yes.

 

[Spinozaad]

No.

If it were a last, final 'do or die' scenario, then yes. But if I could run and live to run away cowardly another day? Count me in.

 

[flaming_squirrel]

Die for the UK? Eheheheheh. No, being killed in some godforsaken craphole of a desert thousands of miles from home for a pointless cause which no-one cares about any more is not my idea of a particularly worthwhile end.

Die to help defend my town and the people in it? Yes. I'd feel terribly guilty expecting everyone else to fight while I run away without a glance back. If it came to it then I'd fight and die alongside them.

 

[Jamieson 90]

Fuck no I hate england, first chance I get im moving away.

 

[m1garand23]

For my country i would fight, kill, bleed and die

 

[Proverbial Jon]

For my country and the general populace?

No.

For the people important to me?

Yes.

This.

No, my country sucks.

And this.

 

[Aphroditty]

I will never kill another human being in defense. I will only kill if I'm the aggressor. And since I'm not able to delude myself into thinking I'm invincible, that is the only situation in which I would be able to internalize and justify the possibility that I could die.

Nah, I'm just kidding. I'd probably lay out for the heartland. After all, dying for your country is relatively easy compared to killing for it--you're far more likely to do the former anyway.

 

[Rubashov]

I answered "No," but the more accurate answer would be "It depends on who is invading us and why."