i've indicated elsewhere my repulsion at the mindset of the martyr. purposeful sacrifice is one thing... nailing yourself up and expecting to be ennobled by it is something else entirely.

similarly, i have little empathy for the moses trip... the whole "i will lead you hence with my words but woe! i cannot follow because that is not my own path" thing. in modern history, one person got away with that shtick: martin luther king jr. for the rest of you lost prophets, just get down off that damned mountain, shoulder the same backpack you've been selling the rest of us, and hit the trail. we've got a river to cross.