The moment you rebel against armed threats, you assert your liberty and your virtue (unless, of course, it is the rebellion of someone in the wrong, like a thief resisting arrest).
Which in turn, asks the question: when a thief surrenders without a fight, is he giving up to superior power or superior moral position? If he takes the attitude "it's a fair cop, guv", probably the second.
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Date: 2008-05-21 05:53 pm (UTC)Which in turn, asks the question: when a thief surrenders without a fight, is he giving up to superior power or superior moral position? If he takes the attitude "it's a fair cop, guv", probably the second.