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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
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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Are you referring to Rudyard Kipling who died in 1936?
You may be right, as it applies today. Obviously respect for one's enemy has deteriorated with time, especially with racial and religious differences, and capture brings much less hope.