Harry Patch, like millions of other young men, put themselves on the front line in the name of duty – "king and country".
While not directly criticizing the Bush administration for antiterrorism policies that have been widely condemned by civil liberties advocates, the panel said the federal government needed to "make special precautions, take extra steps, to ensure that we do not cross the line" in the name of defeating terrorism.
Organizations, like The Times, that have built their reputations on authoritativeness now must ask themselves: How much of our reputation should we lay on the line in the name of being first in breaking news, or at least not being a laggard?
Plus there's always the nightmare that Facebook adjusts the terms to squeeze publishers down the line in the name of improving the user experience.
He was uncompromising in the face of injustice and quite literally laid his livelihood on the line in the name of change.
There will, after all, always be people willing to put life and limb on the line in the name of a good party.
New restrictions on freedom of speech are being lined up in the name of British values.
Revolutions have a way of going where nobody expects them to, not even their instigators, he writes, and "a line crossed in the name of waging all-out war against the West may yet be crossed in the name of healthier purposes".
And Facebook has replaced the ambiguous "three dots" real-time typing indicator by showing in-line the name of who's currently typing a message to you.
As long as governments, particularly western ones, are selfish and greedy and constantly seeking to line their pockets in the name of economic growth, there will always be conquest and conflict.
