"When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon"
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Sidhu’s intent is less about exorcising evil than surviving proximity to it. The demon isn’t always supernatural; it’s the powerful, the unscrupulous, the deal you know you shouldn’t take but can’t quite refuse. “Dining” implies consent and comfort - you’re not battling the demon, you’re sharing a meal. That’s the subtext: people don’t usually stumble into compromise; they negotiate with it, laugh with it, accept its hospitality. The “long spoon” becomes the boundary you set when you can’t (or won’t) walk away: distance, precautions, terms, witnesses, exit plans.
As an entertainer-politician known for punchy one-liners, Sidhu speaks in proverb because proverbs travel. They work on TV, in rallies, in WhatsApp forwards - a portable ethics toolkit for messy real life. The cynicism is quiet but firm: you may have to sit at the table, but don’t mistake that for trust. Keep your reach, keep your space, keep your leverage.
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