Walsingham Posted July 14, 2007 Author Posted July 14, 2007 I'd have thought America had the least of all Western countries any interest in a burden the way Kipling meant it. "Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought." I have to say it's very tempting to see situations of total chaos that a handful of metropolitan coppers could straighten out cripple a nation. I don't say it's a white thing though. It's a civilisation sort of civic mindedness versus tribalism and brutality. Sicily could use a little, to be honest. East Glasgow could use a little. EDIT: This may have sounded worse than it is. I am being self-effacing by owning up to a greater tendency than I actually possess. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
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