Comments by "RenShiWu" (@renshiwu305) on "Sir Thomas More and Martyrdom" video.

Buckingham faced the axe, Wolsey faced the axe, Fisher faced the axe, More faced the axe, Cromwell faced the axe, Norfolk and son faced the axe - his son, Surrey, died; he, Norfolk, lived because Henry VIII predeceased him. Wolsey and Cromwell never ceased to be the King's creatures. Buckingham, Norfolk and son were self-interested noblemen who conceivably threatened the King's position. If you must die at the hands of the King, better to die for a higher purpose, like Fisher, More, and also Becket. Your life can be taken from you, your morality never can be but of you own choosing.
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When Michelangelo was crafting a statue of Pope Julius II, Julius offered this suggestion: "Put a sword there [in my statue's hands, rather than a scroll], for I know nothing of letters."
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@jopuk9518 What matters more? Wealth and position or dignity and truth? Thomas Boleyn obviously thought the former, which is why he kept schtum for the remaining three years of his sad life. His children were murdered by conspiracy and he said nothing. He thought silence was worth it. I wouldn't have thought that. Maybe he was thinking about his granddaughter's future. Well, I really don't think Henry would have executed his own child like a Russian tsar (Ivan IV, Peter I, Stalin). Even in this scenario, if I read Thomas Boleyn's mind correctly, wealth and status (Elizabeth's potential queenship) was his calculation.
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@Debra_Hasatheory Some men decided to manifest Henry II's musings of "Will no one rid me of this infernal priest?"
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@DanBeech-ht7sw Accruing power unto himself and wealth confiscated from others? The sham trials of Thomas More and Anne Boleyn?
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@DanBeech-ht7sw Unlike More, Cromwell just did whatever the king wanted. Arbitrariness and serving a tyrant is not compatible with what I consider morality. Also, Cromwell enriched himself at the expense of those whose property was confiscated. Plus, Cromwell set up sham trials against More and Anne Boleyn.
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