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Post details: Don't Let A Little Thing Like Death Get In The Way

09/20/07

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Categories: Odds & Ends, The South Pacific

Don't Let A Little Thing Like Death Get In The Way

Tautira beach in Tahiti

Chiefs of Tahiti continued to rule their kingdom for a full year after death. The embalmed body of a ruler was kept propped on a throne, and his orders were transmitted through a spokesman (telepathy? mediumship?. Apparently no one questioned these orders, and they were followed implicitly.

I wonder if this is what is going on with Castro?

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