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Originally Posted by Achilles
1 Come and get them.
2 King Leonidas, his answer to Xerxes's (Persian emperor) request to drop their weapons. Xerxes was so impressed by Spartans' stand at the Hot Gates (~200 men vs about a million persians at a narrow mountain pass held for 8 days) that he offered them complete control over all of Greece if they surrendered.
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1) Yes
2) Yes
3) While it has been used by gun owners from time to time it is increasingly being used by Neo-Nazi/Whit Supremacy groups to show their willingness to fight governmental tyranny, which IMHO is a shame because at least the Spartan's cause was a noble one.