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oliree @oliree (51) 3 Jan 07

Is it really as bad as the media in Britain make out? Does America see the UK as it's long lost state? The USA has a hard time in the foreign press and sometimes (just sometimes!) it seems a little unfounded. Could it be other...

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MrNiceGuy We definately don't think of the UK as a long lost state. If anything, we have always been kind of wary of anti-American superiority that European states feel to such a young country that has such a different social view. We obviously feel very glad for the...

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oliree @oliree (51) 2 Jan 07

I DON'T GET IT!!! Please help me, there are so many people obsessed with harry potter but i just don't get it. He's a little wizard kid in a kid's book and now kid's films. Should i make a really big effort and read one of the...

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Rachcaa worryingly that was a fairly serious comment!

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 2 Jan 07

I DON'T GET IT!!! Please help me, there are so many people obsessed with harry potter but i just don't get it. He's a little wizard kid in a kid's book and now kid's films. Should i make a really big effort and read one of the...

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Rachcaa Read the first one and see if you like it! They are a very easy read so it won't take much time. You may just turn into one of these obsessed fans - you never know!

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 2 Jan 07

I DON'T GET IT!!! Please help me, there are so many people obsessed with harry potter but i just don't get it. He's a little wizard kid in a kid's book and now kid's films. Should i make a really big effort and read one of the...

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cuorearancione i don't like harry potter....i hate potter!

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

Programme on tv the other day about her and the royal family. Are they needed? I think they are and really like the fact we still have a royal family and all the tradition that goes with it. However, there are many people that...

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puma_nz If you see the New Zealand Flag you will notice the Union Jack on the left top corner.. We are under the British colony.. We dont really have much to do with the Queen unfortunately she hasnt really had anything to do with us either.. I dont really see the...

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

We catch Saddam, he gets tried really quickly and then hanged. This didn't bother me until my girlfriend said she hated the media coverage as she felt she was now being made to feel sorry for him. I kind of get what she means;...

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SUNFLWRLUVR actually, i don't feel like they have gone soft but i do wish they would stop talking about it, it is giving him more glory, sota like letting himstill live cause he is still causing problems the more we talk about him in the media the more his followers feel...

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

We catch Saddam, he gets tried really quickly and then hanged. This didn't bother me until my girlfriend said she hated the media coverage as she felt she was now being made to feel sorry for him. I kind of get what she means;...

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muathasim May be your girlfriend's openion is personal.. but US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld said For a man who killed tens of thousands of people and tortured his enemies , saddam Hussein was taken in to custody in a surprisingly peaceful manner.....what is yor...

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

We catch Saddam, he gets tried really quickly and then hanged. This didn't bother me until my girlfriend said she hated the media coverage as she felt she was now being made to feel sorry for him. I kind of get what she means;...

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MrNiceGuy Of course the media softened it, they wouldn't want Bush to get any praise for anything at all, so they make it as neutral an event as possible. They are pretty devious about how they cover stuff like that.

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

We catch Saddam, he gets tried really quickly and then hanged. This didn't bother me until my girlfriend said she hated the media coverage as she felt she was now being made to feel sorry for him. I kind of get what she means;...

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satyamss the penalty given to saddam was not justified...if we think abt it freely... i think thats y ur g/f reacted such.... media was doing for what it is....

2 Jan 07

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oliree @oliree (51) 1 Jan 07

We catch Saddam, he gets tried really quickly and then hanged. This didn't bother me until my girlfriend said she hated the media coverage as she felt she was now being made to feel sorry for him. I kind of get what she means;...

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Videogeezer How can anybody feel sorry for a man who ruined soo many lives in some of the most inhumane ways this world has seen. I do not agree with the war or the death penalty, wrongs never make a right.

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