Was more an amused remembrance of the hyperbole and drama due to (an entirely understandable) lack of perspective - their friends having their lives crushed out of them, only they survived with their spirit intact etc. etc.

I distinctly remember writing similar rants with similar hyperbole at a similar age.

But, you obviously have an ideological axe to grind on this topic. Go nuts.

Meanwhile, I'm off to engulf a passing food particle.