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Once upon a time we knew what to do. A British district officer, coming upon a scene of suttee, was told by the locals that in Hindu culture it was the custom to cremate a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. He replied that in British culture it was the custom to hang chaps who did that sort of thing. There are many great things about India - curry, pyjamas, sitars, software engineers -- but suttee was not one of them. What a pity we're no longer capable of being 'judgmental' and 'discriminating'.

- Mark Steyn

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AAA
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air avenue of approach


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Today in Military History

April 10



1917:

Total Canadian overseas enlistments to date: 407,302


1918:

MESSINES, 1918


1937:

The Foreign Enlistment Act is passed by Parliament




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