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

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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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February 10
1763: The Peace of Paris ceded to Canada and Britain
1840: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married
1840: Upper and Lower Canada United
1945: HMCS SPIKENARD torpedoed by U-136 while enroute to Northern Ireland
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