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    Call a spade a spade

    Nov 17, 2021 2 minutes

    Every generation likes to think that, unlike its predecessors, it is honest, candid and bold in calling a spade a spade.

    Of course, there are snowflakes who cannot face some of the ugly realities of life, and require warnings before being subjected to passages of Homer or Shakespeare, but they are a minority. Most of us are straight and blunt.

    Or are we? Look around and you will

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