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numquamsolus92 karma

Butt as a family name for Muslims and Hindus is related to the Sanskrit word for scholar. It is also spelled Bhat. It is unrelated to the English surname Butt, which is a toponomic name originally given to those who lived near the places where archery was practiced.

numquamsolus48 karma

If you try to do that in Singapore, you'd face serious charges. Please do not think that all Asian countries are the same. They aren't.

numquamsolus38 karma

"Last" also has the sense of "enduring", so in that sense they are correct.

numquamsolus25 karma

I cannot imagine any organization limiting its own scope or power to carry out that scope, no matter how egregious their behavior has become. Without outside change agents such as yours, there is no hope. Donation made.

numquamsolus6 karma

Please do not forget the brutality of the Japanese here in the Philippines. Over a 100,000 civilians were slaughtered by the Japanese in Manila in a two-week period in February 1945.