the offer is simple: either you sit down and shut up, or we make all of you go to war first to make up for all the men who have had to serve in lieu of you for 200 years.
"I WAS AFRAID THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO REPLY THAT WOULD STILL FEEL POLITE AND THEN I COULDN'T THINK OF A GOOD ENOUGH MADE UP EXCUSE FOR WHY I WASN'T ABLE TO REPLY IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IT STRESSED ME OUT SO I DECIDED TO JUST LET IT SIT FOR NOW AND DEAL WITH IT TOMORROW, REPEATEDLY"