The view on "free or dead" waffled back and forth though, honestly. I can think of a few instances where one of the kids, usually Cassie, reflects that the host's hope of freedom is gone, especially in #19. And I think it's Rachel (maybe Marco? I don't remember) who says something to the effect of "everyone knows that some life, even the worst kind of life, is better than no life at all".
But then there's of course the counterexamples like where Marco and Edriss talk about the NH license plates or Jara and Ket beating their chests chanting "free or die".
Can you point out any incidences where they use that as their justification for killing (I think they might have in #52?) over the "it's the only way" mentality?
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Date: 2010-10-19 01:37 am (UTC)But then there's of course the counterexamples like where Marco and Edriss talk about the NH license plates or Jara and Ket beating their chests chanting "free or die".
Can you point out any incidences where they use that as their justification for killing (I think they might have in #52?) over the "it's the only way" mentality?