BELIEFS
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Chapter 11
And the punks answered Wayne, saying, “Do you really believe what you’re telling us,
2“Believe it so much that you feel it in your gut like a living thing?”
3And Wayne replied, “Absolutely.”
4gThereupon the punks said, “Then you would be willing to die for this belief, wouldn’t you?”
5And Wayne argued with the punks, saying, h“I have already told you that no belief is worth dying for,
6“And I have the courage of my convictions,
7i“Which is why I have no intention of dying for my belief.”
8Then the punks answered Wayne with ire, saying, “We are willing to die for our beliefs,
9“As we have already done in great numbers,
10“And therefore we have no respect for you and your beliefs,
11“Which is why we will give you a choice:
12“Either you prove the power of your beliefs by declaring yourself willing to die for them,
13“Or we shall kill you like a rat in the street for the insults you have heaped on us.
14“You have one minute to decide.”
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