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I didn't see anything in your post Patrick that elicitated that response; it might well have been from an earlier post to which he was replying. In any case, I agree fully with you, that uke and nage have equal roles, and that uke shouldn't consider him/herself a bag of rags. Neither should uke fight back in such a way as to get hurt though. There is this fine line between trying to keep following through with the attack and being resistant (if you resist, you stand a very good chance of getting hurt).
My aikido teacher used to go through a series of reasons why we take ukemi. The first was always to neutralize the force, the second to create distance and the third to regain balance (not necessarily in that order though).
best,
Rachel
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