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No. But I stand by my statement either way. I wouldn't put it past them. A nation under threat and/or in decline can be a nasty thing. Morality and ethics are conveniences of the prosperous.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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