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[–] TheBuddha 2 points 6 points 8 points (+8|-2) ago
I'm giving you homework.
Read Dane Geld by Rudyard Kipling.
[–] NoRoyalty [S] 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
So you're my teacher? Not. I dislike Buddhists btw. Move to that place where all the Buddhists lie down and allow the Chinese to kill them.
[–] jollux 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Dane Geld
It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say: --
"We invaded you last night--we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say: --
"Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say: --
"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that pays it is lost!"
[–] TheBuddha 2 points 2 points 4 points (+4|-2) ago
Just read it. You'll appreciate it and have learned something about your culture.
It's pretty awesome.
[–] markymarz 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Isnt that the same as we dont negotiate with terrorists.
[–] TheBuddha 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Yes, but much more eloquent and eminently quotable. Kipling was a treasure.