Reply #43: I spent some time last summer in Norway

[salin]

visiting relatives on whirlwind trip. Spent some time at a resistance movement museum. Tracked the time from the sneak attack on Norway and the resisitance movement (and the Quisling takeover) through the end of the war. Tremendous heroics on so many levels from ordinary people. Heroics in the face of great risks. It struck me that I don't know that were our society, at this point in time, under the same sort of seige, that folks would have the same fortitude to create such a widespread active resistance movement.

This came to mind, because your post made me think of the French resistance movement. Those who were quick to jump on the "deride France cuz they don't back bushco per Iraq" - clearly aren't familiar with the very high-risk efforts of many, many French in the resistance movement. Those folks were heroic.