Pray for Peace, People Everywhere.

China: no country for old men. I'm glad we don't do it that way in America. Pray for his soul. (notice the masked people in the back, sitting quietly.)

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday.

Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. He was led off the stage of the main auditorium of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by two stewards, a Reuters witness at the congress said.

Video footage published by AFP showed a steward repeatedly trying to lift Hu from his seat, drawing concerned looks from officials seated nearby. Hu then put his hand on a sheet of paper placed on Xi's folder but Xi quickly put his hand on the sheet.

China's top legislator Li Zhanshu, seated to Hu's right, gave the former president's folder to a steward, wiping his own head with a cloth after Hu finally stood up.

Looking distressed, Hu appeared to resist leaving as the stewards escorted him out, turning back to his seat at one point. On his way out, he exchanged words with Xi and patted Premier Li Keqiang, seated to the right of Xi, on the shoulder.

Kicking and screaming, my friends.

Don't let them take you easily, put up the best fight you can.  It matters.

Added:  That advice only holds when you know the end has come.  If you can survive otherwise by playing passive, most often that is the best way to save your life.  But when the end comes...

Do not go gently into that good night. Do not go easily, without a fight.