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"iTs bETteR t0 bE a waRrIOr In A gArDEn thAn a gARdeNer iN a wAR." (hexbear.net)
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SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! THE REASON THE GARDENER IS IN A BLOODY WAR IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE THE WARRIOR'S ARMY IS PILLAGING THEIR GARDEN!!!!

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[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I assumed this quote was invented by the columnist in question, but I looked it up and since it's repeatedly attributed as a "Chinese proverb" or to Sun Tzu (I checked, not there) or Lao Tzu or Miyamoto Musashi, I'm pretty sure some other random white person made it up.

[–] GriffithDidNothingWrong@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, its kinda got a hard times make hard men chuddish vibe to it.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

so based on that, it was probably a mil-SF writer in the 80s

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