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Glorfindel

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1. From "The Man Who Was" by Rudyard Kipling

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 02:42 PM

Nov 2022

"Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks his shirt in. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists upon being treated as the most easterly of Western peoples, instead of the most westerly of Easterns, that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle."

Very wise, was Mr. Kipliing.

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Why did Russia invade Ukraine? They were desperate for change and didn't know WHAT ELSE to do. [View all] DetlefK Nov 2022 OP

From "The Man Who Was" by Rudyard Kipling Glorfindel Nov 2022 #1

I love much of Kipling, but he was a racist as this quote illustrates. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #2

I saw a live Moscow show by satellite recently. Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #3

Russia did not invade Ukraine Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #4

Despite or in addition to my prev post, the OP makes good points about Russia's schizophrenia Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #5

Poor Russkies, never a history of democracy... brush Nov 2022 #6