Miles has said perfectly what I've been trying to get at for years.
to Miles:
>
> The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to
> lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose
> until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for
> somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of
> other people have got to be willing - for the sheer fun and joy of
> it - to go right ahead and fight, knowing you're going to lose. You
> mustn't feel like a martyr. You've got to enjoy it. --I. F. Stone
Yes. While I completely understand my parents' flight from Romania, I often found myself wishing that they had stayed and fought.
For one thing, you can be more effective on your home turf because you have some kind of base -- at the very least you know the language and the terrain.
Joanna