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“It’s only the rich who can’t afford to be smart. They’re compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilized world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can’t leave. But you two. We three. We’re free… Be irresponsible. Luck runs out[..]“
“I hated confrontation. It didn’t stop me doing whatever I wished or doing things the way I wanted to. Quite early on I had discovered the overlooked space open to those of us with a silent life. I didn’t argue… I just stood there, still, until I was invisible, and then I went through. Like a cricket. Like a hidden cup of water…”
The English Patient by Micheal Ondaatje
Georgia becomes the second country this week to declare martial law, following Pakistan. Like Pakistan, Georgia is ‘one of America’s most critical allies’. Georgia plays its part in the war on Iraq by patrolling for weapons smugglers along the Iranian border.
