"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
-George Orwell
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"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.“
-George Orwell
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