Exactly. Speaking for myself, I *would* rather have lived if I'd been infested. At least then I had a hope of being free someday. (Also, this falls uneasily with KAA's hatred of suicide.) I mean, if the Animorphs all decide together that they would want to be killed if they get infested, good on them, but you just can't assume the value of freedom is constant from person to person. Value of life is subjective, and making decisions based on the assumption that ANYONE would rather be dead than x leads to not-good places. It's odd that this was never addressed when so many other issues with killing in war had been. (That said, I'm okay with killing hosts on the grounds that 'there's no other way,' honestly. It's the I-know-better-than-everyone-else-what-they-want that isn't good.)

The Andalites all committing suicide rather than to fall into Yeerk hands I don't mind so much because really, what other policy would the Andalite military promote? and besides the Andalites are supposed to be too obsessed with the glory of war for their own good anyway.