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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
So Shaun, are you wanting us involved with conflict like WW2? Then the entire country had rationing, and most people had a relative in the service fighting for the freedom of the world. Rationing of car tires, and basic foods was a very real thing. My parents talked about it and hated it.
I could go on, but it would likely push the thread into PARF.
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This isn't sacrifice.
When native americans took someone and killed them for their gods, that was not making a sacrifice; they were making an offering. If a person in their community gave themselves up to be killed willingly then that is sacrifice.
If you need new tires, but choose not to buy new tires to save the rubber production for the war effort that is sacrifice.
If you show up at the tire store and you've already punched your ticketed amount for rationing, that isn't sacrifice. It isn't your choice to get new tires or not, that choice was made against you.
You say they hated it, that wasn't sacrifice. That was being obliged to do without. Doing without is not always sacrifice; it is only sacrifice when it is the choice of the person with control over whether they do without or not.
If it is an obligation, it isn't sacrifice. If it is a regulation, it isn't sacrifice, if it is a ration, that isn't sacrifice.
The same is true for mothers of lost soldiers, if they didn't choose their son's path and their son was killed in combat, then they did not sacrifice him.
Now some mothers do bring their children up to be soldiers and champions, others do not.
Sometimes they do make the choice to encourage that path, others do not. Both are not sacrifice, but I would concede that perhaps one of those could be sacrifice.