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Old 11th Feb 2011, 22:49
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alisoncc
 
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For those who get hot under the collar on these issues Rudyard Kipling had something to offer. I will quote from memory, so may not be word perfect.

Now it is not good for the Christians health to hassle the Aryan brown.
For the Christian riles and the Aryan smiles, and it weareth the Christian down.
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And an epitaph drear "A fool lies here who tried to hassle the East".

A 21st century interpretation; those who get riled over the inconsequential are the ones who are most likely to get heart attacks and expire. Ask yourself is it really worth the increase in blood pressure?
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