Subject: RE: Origins: FUZZY WUZZY
From: greg stephens
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 06:47 PM

"Kipling took a lot of stick from the left(and rightly) for his imperialist attitudes. But his "first class fighting man" remark about the Fuzzy Wuzzies, and his "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din" sing out down the years a lot louder than many a good multi-culti liberal."

It is a mistake to judge the actions and attitudes of the past by todays moral standards.
Kipling was a man of his time. Imperialist by birth but in many ways compassionate and understanding of the many differences between different cultures and willing to accept the often overlooked qualities of "the native."