I've red the quote by Paine again, and it still does not sound well in my ears. And I see no sign of that "glorious triumph" in sight. In fact I said from the beginning that the whole enterprise is doomed to fail and would go much the way as it did so far. Maybe you think it is bad service to your dead to give up the mission now. I say it is bad service to increase their numbers on and on, all for nothing. The dead are dead, my concern is about the living - life still is theirs.
And no, I did not react to the circumstance that it was you posting that answer. We disagree again, like so very often, and we both had time enough to get used to that, right?