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Me? A martyr?
Sorry to disappoint.
There's more chance of me screaming, ''Not I! It was him, yes him over there!
I'm just a simple fellow with a library ticket! Please let me go!''
But you know, the whole martyr thing is so interesting.
Some like Solzhenitzin (?) are survivors, and maintain their humanity throughout their ordeal, even learning from it and passing on their knowledge.
Saransky was another, and as we speak, more are being forged in the gaols of Russia, Belorussia, China to name just s few.
Martyrdom is preceded usually by penury, and I'm ashamed to say I'm built for comfort:-)
But there you go, a word amidst the dust and the tumbleweed.