There are various versions of the survival game, with all of them exploring one's psyche on what they would be willing to do or not to do to survive. We call it the $50 million game - would you cut your little finger off or drink your own urine for $50,000,000? Such games, often pop up after a few bevies, hypothetical in nature, but what if the choice was a survival reality?
The rebels of Masada faced a life and death choice as the Roman Tenth Legion lay seige to the fortress of Masada. This majestic fortress etched upon the top plateau of Mt Eleazor, sways in the clouds as it looks down at a moonscape arcing towards the Dead Sea. Ruins display an array of churches, synagogues and palaces and it is here that the occupants chose death over slavery. Having been under seige for three months, with the gates breached, little or no food left and the knowledge that the new dawn will bring raping and pillaging, the Masada rebels threw the rules of the survival game out the window. Like a great 'Death before dishonour' tattoo, 960 rebels took the lives of their families before surrending their own. A big call on their behalf, makes one wonder what would be going through the mind of the last man standing!
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