> Perhaps it's this history of having one's best intentions screwed over
> that's put the kibosh on going to take up arms against the fascists.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm a coward too.
I'd speculate that one can generally do more good as an international aid worker attempting to eradicate poverty than as a soldier fighting to eradicate facism. (Though WWII was an important exception to this rule of thumb.)
-- Luke