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I hate the attitude that is so often promoted in media and sports of, "never give up, never say die, never quit"
Losing is part of life. Americans in particular seem to believe that there is never a point at which you should recognise that a situation is hopeless and walk away.
With that attitude, countries will often persist in hopeless wars (terrorism, drugs, Germany in World War 2) because they don't want to admit it's over. Often schools will continue to try and help a totally hopeless kid rather than expell him or her long after they should have done so.
A guy who stalks an ex girlfriend is just showing the same, 'never give up' attitude, but society looks down on him and tells him to get over it and move on. So why can't the whole world realise that we need to recognise battles we can't win.
Not knowing when to quit is just immature. People or coutries which persist in fighting lost battles are just being childish. Face facts, when it's over, it's over! Feb 1 6:54 AM MST