I have and seen the reports of children thrown from the tops of high buildings, or riddled with bullets as a warning to their families to get out or die
We all die. Some of us just prefer to do it on our feet at the end of our lives rather than on our knees while we're still living.
My ancestors faced the greatest army on the planet as a bunch of farmers, tradesmen, and nobodies. They fought and defeated their enemy despite overwhelming odds and unpleasant potentials for themselves and their families.
If you are not willing to die or lose everything for a cause, you don't truly believe in that cause.