@AlrxCox Appealing to our sense of fair play with "it just wouldn't be cricket" they trot out the middle class British values of Victoria. But they are not our only values and ways, and we do not all aspire to be of the middling sort.
@Timcast Yes its the baby boomers coming to the end of their time. Its like observing that you are now taller than you were. In an age of automation and AI we need smaller more homogenous societies. UK population should be back to early 20thC levels.
@davidkurten A friend of my parents (Eric) was a conscientious objector in WW2. He was put in prison. After the war he came out, married Marion and became a bank manager and very respected member of the community. Something he could not have done had he been blown to bits. Choose wisely.
@mongrelcelt I worked out during Covid that we still had the Blitz spirit. It was just that I misunderstood that spirit. Far from stoic bravery in the face of danger it was just a British willingness to follow orders no matter how stupid as long as it came from our superiors.