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Invasive topic for all

Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:00 CET

byAlexei Pankin, Kyiv Post

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Invasive topic for all

COLD WAR: Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko bathes in the icy water of a pond during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Kyiv.

Invasive topic for all

HEAD TO HEAD: Russian president Dmitry Medvedev (left) and prime minister Vladimir Putin discuss the situation in South Ossetia in the presidential residence in Gorki outside Moscow in August 2008.

Invasive topic for all

CASUALTY OF WAR: An old man grieves amid a decimated area of Gori in Eastern Georgia.

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Imagine that you have to prove you’re not a camel. "I walk on two feet, not four, and have no humps. I have no tail, no wool on my body suitable for making rugs. I cook myself borsch in a cozy kitchen of a modern city flat rather than wander in a desert in search of thorny tumbleweed."

By the end of this self-apology, a part of your audience will consider you a total idiot, while others will discover a likeness to camels – and this was exactly the purpose of those who made you have to justify yourself.

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