The Republic's special genius

Watching the Republic Day Parade, I have a small tinge of regret about the absence of the goose-step. This magnificent mode of locomotion is slowly disappearing. There are few sights more impressively risible than perfectly-ordered ranks ceremonially locking knees and raising legs to the horizontal in unison. One can forgive the Kims of North Korea all their atrocities because they really loved the goose-step.

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