"It turned us into a platoon of believers. You don't dispute facts."(p. 112)
again with the faith references. I can't help but remember a quote I've heard a thousand times when war and faith are mixed: "there are no atheists in foxholes."
in this instance, they're talking about a guy who wears his (ex)girlfriends pantyhose around his neck at all times. it's just one of the many things this particular guy carried with him all the time. they all thought he was nuts for doing it, but when he made it through a number of improbable situations because of them, everyone started believing that maybe there was something to it. as O'Brien put it, they were "believers" now. this faith wasn't necessarily in God, but it was faith in something. that's how I feel a lot of people are, they need to put faith in some higher power, so they turn to religion, any religion, and call themselves a believer, just to have somewhere to turn. and as far as I'm concerned, that's a fine strategy to have. it's not my strategy, but hey, if it works, it works. you don't dispute the facts.
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