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To: Kenny Bunk
Kipling had the idea, dude. These are the "Lesser breeds, without the law."

Not quite what Kipling said, and certainly not what he meant.

If, drunk with sight of power,

we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,

Such boastings as the Gentiles use,

Or lesser breeds without the Law

The "lesser breeds" in all likelihood referred to the Germans and other competitors in colonization, NOT to the natives. They were "lesser" because of their triumphalist boasting and "master race" ideas (which were already developing in Germany in 1897), not because of genetic inferiority or lower level of civilization.

Americans today could learn a lot from this poem, but probably not what most think. Certainly not that injustice to less powerful peoples is a good thing.

BTW, my suggestion of conquest and annexation was primarily in jest. I wouldn't really support such a thing at this time.

103 posted on 02/09/2007 5:24:32 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
my suggestion of conquest and annexation was primarily in jest

And mine only half so.

106 posted on 02/09/2007 8:17:20 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Biden, Biden, he's my man, if anyone says it, he soon can!)
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