You are being pedantic. Think: a sincere declaration of a willingness to cooperatively sacrifice to solve a group problem, if others do too. Don't think: an o

You are being pedantic. Think: a sincere declaration of a willingness to cooperatively sacrifice to solve a group problem, if others do too. Don't think: an offer to individually self-immolate, which would not solve the problem. That is a straw man test of whether someone "means" business.