Kino's Journey

[Great Rumbler]

Look, you were dealing with a group of people whose entire world, everything that the had worked years for and everything that they had ever known, was just going to be completely wiped away in a matter of seconds. For them, that was the end of the world.

They could try to flee, but where? The world's dangerous and they've got kids and elderly people, so where do they turn to? Sure, they could leave and hope they don't get attacked along the way or starve or whatever. Or, as they decided, to let their fate be tied with that of their land.

Which brings up an interesting issue. Land, that is. Don't you think that it's a bit ridiculous that the Israelis and Palestinians continue to fight over a spit of land in the middle of nowhere? Of course, because it is irrational. But, it's their land, or at least, that's what they both believe. And they continue to fight and die, often willingly, to try and get it back. If people in the real world are so willing to throw their lives away for a little strip of land, is it really that hard to believe that a fantasy country would be willing to die along with the land that they worked so hard to cultivate?

I don't think it is, but I guess I have a bit of pessimistic view from time to time.