For you all love the screw-guns the screw-guns they all love you! So when we take tea with a few guns, o' course you will know what to do - hoo! hoo! Jest send in your Chief an' surrender it's worse if you fights or you runs: You may hide in the caves, they'll be only your graves, but you can't get away from the guns!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A warning to enemies that British artillery is everywhere and unstoppable. Resistance or escape is futile; surrender is the only option.
- In plain terms
- Our guns are everywhere, so give up now to avoid being killed.
- What can you take from it?
- Surrender early when facing overwhelming force.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does resistance become suicide?
- How do you convey inevitability?
Another view
This ignores potential for guerrilla tactics or morale to sustain resistance.
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