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Choosing sides
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 08/12/2017
» Not long ago a historian calculated that throughout human history there has been a total of fewer than 25 years of peace. There were wars somewhere on the planet the rest of the time. The clear meaning is that homo sapiens are a violent, bloodthirsty lot.
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Supply and demand
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 22/09/2017
» During the era of the Raj, India was the leading poppy grower. It was sold worldwide as a treatment for hysteria in women and hyperactivity in children. Only China refused to have anything to do with it because it was addictive, but two opium wars taught them how to take it.
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The war went on
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 18/07/2016
» One of the annoying things about wars is that they don't all end when they are supposed to. After Yorktown, the American Revolution dragged on for two years. The Battle of New Orleans in 1815 was fought after the War of 1812 was officially over.
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Be wary of your spouse
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/05/2016
» It's said that men marry for sex, women for security. An oversimplification yet consistent with the undeniable fact that each party enters matrimony with expectations. Before exchanging vows, they've probably discussed and agreed on children, one or two jobs, family relations, domicile, time with friends.
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An enduring spirit
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 18/01/2016
» With the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the world entered the atomic age. More devastating hydrogen bombs were tested, weapons of mass destruction indeed. The US and USSR rattled theirs at each other over the next 44 years, until the Soviets called it a day and the Cold War was over.
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The assassin as hero
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/01/2015
» Every country needs heroes, men, women and teachers to hold up and be proud of, for children to emulate, to celebrate their feats. Extolled in books and movies, if not so heroic in real life, legends are built around them. If they don't exist, create them.
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Hail the superhero
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 23/01/2012
» Comic strip artists and writers of thrillers have the same idea _ creating a character that can defeat evil single-handedly. The drawback is that when actual evil people come on stage, it requires the army, navy and marines to take them down. During WWII, I was one of millions of kids disillusioned that Superman didn't make short shrift of Hitler.
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