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My old dad was a dedicated member of the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and sand in the chorus every year, and would often quote them. While I am also a fierce critic of the West's shortcomings and hypocrisy, there ARE times when it can be a bit much, and it reminds me of a line from the "Mikado" in which the Lord High Executioner sings, "I've got a little list", and among those "who never would be missed" is "the idiot who praises in enthusiastic tones, every century but this one, every country but his own".

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