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Does "Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man" mean "Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a real man"?
Well, biologically, a coward is also a man. But it appears not easy to understand the English rhetorics, which sounds that a coward is just a dog, not a man.
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A little later, Guevara was asked by one of the Bolivian soldiers guarding him if he was thinking about his own immortality. "No," he replied, "I'm thinking about the immortality of the revolution."[SUP][211][/SUP] A few minutes later, Sergeant Terán entered the hut to shoot him, whereupon Guevara reportedly said: "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man." Terán hesitated, then pointed his self-loading M2 Carbine[SUP][212][/SUP] at Guevara and opened fire, hitting him in the arms and legs.[SUP][213][/SUP] Then, as Guevara writhed on the ground, apparently biting one of his wrists to avoid crying out, Terán fired another burst, fatally wounding him in the chest. Guevara was pronounced dead at 1:10 pm local time according to Rodríguez.[SUP][213][/SUP] In all, Guevara was shot nine times by Terán. This included five times in his legs, once in the right shoulder and arm, and once in the chest and throat.[SUP][207]
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Well, biologically, a coward is also a man. But it appears not easy to understand the English rhetorics, which sounds that a coward is just a dog, not a man.
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A little later, Guevara was asked by one of the Bolivian soldiers guarding him if he was thinking about his own immortality. "No," he replied, "I'm thinking about the immortality of the revolution."[SUP][211][/SUP] A few minutes later, Sergeant Terán entered the hut to shoot him, whereupon Guevara reportedly said: "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man." Terán hesitated, then pointed his self-loading M2 Carbine[SUP][212][/SUP] at Guevara and opened fire, hitting him in the arms and legs.[SUP][213][/SUP] Then, as Guevara writhed on the ground, apparently biting one of his wrists to avoid crying out, Terán fired another burst, fatally wounding him in the chest. Guevara was pronounced dead at 1:10 pm local time according to Rodríguez.[SUP][213][/SUP] In all, Guevara was shot nine times by Terán. This included five times in his legs, once in the right shoulder and arm, and once in the chest and throat.[SUP][207]
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