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Old 03-12-2012, 05:48 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by flamesfever View Post
Yes they do, as the soldier in the poem is directed to shoot himself than lose his humanity. At least, that's the way I interpreted it.
I think Kipling was making comment on how barbaric it was to fall into the Afghans hands more than anything else, suicide was the better of the options.
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