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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old



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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Today in Military History

December 24



1900:

British authorities accept an offer of postal clerks for service in South Africa: this unit is called the Canadian Postal Contingent


1944:

HMCS Clayoquot is torpedoed by a U-boat and sinks in the Halifax approaches.




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