# I Pit the Empire

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 5, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-empire/559559 "2010-11-05T08:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-empire/559559/381 "2010-11-12T16:12:28Z")

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> [@Commissar](#):
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> Does this excuse your genocidal rage? The rest of us have learned our lesson.
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> Lesson: Empire = bad idea.

So I assume that the glorious People’s Republic of China, having learned that lesson, will be leaving Tibet next week or thereabouts?

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