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emad
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:36 AM Original message |
Rowling fights US army over Harry Potter |
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norml
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Mogmarts school of magic" |
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jdj
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. How UN-CHRISTIAN. LOL. |
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Pithy Cherub
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. the rightwing "christian brass" wacko's are rapturously immersed in |
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emad
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good counter-intelligence story this.... |
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emad
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Mon Feb-07-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Addendum: Smell like a sting in its inception....Ted Turner must |
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gandalf
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Sting? You think Rowling is being provoked |
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emad
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rowling is heading straight to jail |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I find hatred of Rowling (such as that displayed by AS... |
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Bridget Burke
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Your link is a satirical site. |
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emad
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Mon Feb-07-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I am truly astonished! Gobsmacked, bemused and flabbergasted.. |
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AP
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Mon Feb-07-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Ohmygod. All this time, I thought you were serious. |
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emad
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Mon Feb-07-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Deadly serious. But TheSpoof is TheSpoof. |
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AP
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Wink, wink. |
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emad
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Tue Feb-08-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Family decision to donate the January '65 Winfield House footage |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. And who, pray tell, is her natural father? |
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AP
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Mon Feb-07-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Robert Maxwell. He's everyone's natural father according |
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emad
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Tue Feb-08-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. This is Maxwell's daughter, piggy in the middle: |
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AP
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Tue Feb-08-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Heh heh. |
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paineinthearse
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Subscribe today! |
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trogdor
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Gee, I was wondering... |
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lenidog
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Sun Feb-06-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. The intresting thing about this |
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shadowknows69
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. good call on the books of magic thing |
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Bridget Burke
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Neil Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic. Here's his opinion: |
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LWolf
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. According to Neil Gaiman's site, |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Copyright doesn't give you a monopoly over an idea. It protects |
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shadowknows69
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Sun Feb-06-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I know it's not actionable on Gaiman's part |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Gaiman says they both owe the character to TS White. |
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shadowknows69
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Sun Feb-06-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I think the greeks might hold that one |
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CatBoreal
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Mon Feb-07-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Actually the idea of a secret identity... |
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derby378
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. And the four houses at Mogmarts? |
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area51
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. moralists |
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LizW
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. A Harry Potter-like manual for the Army? |
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donsu
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. our troops don't read very well and need comics for training |
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obnoxiousdrunk
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Mon Feb-07-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. They read at the |
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DistantWind88
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. True, many products |
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trogdor
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Not far from the truth. |
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rocktivity
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Mon Feb-07-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
55. The way things are going, LizW, |
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Clark2008
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is the evil character in the training manual called |
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Pithy Cherub
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Rummy would be Rattail? |
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SaveAmerica
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's my opinion that she is a hypocrite |
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jdj
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Sun Feb-06-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. it's too close. |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. All good literature (and film) borrows from the past, turns |
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crispini
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's called "literary allusion" and is |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The best thing she does is that she takes all these cultural |
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crispini
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Exactly. As all the great authors do. |
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jdj
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Sun Feb-06-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. not to mention the fact that just about all children's lit. derives from |
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w4rma
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Sun Feb-06-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is probably a big mistake for her and WB to make. |
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AP
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Sun Feb-06-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I disagree. I think Rowling is entitled to protection of the... |
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Protagoras
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I doubt her fight with the US Military |
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HEyHEY
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Sun Feb-06-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. IS the average US solider's age 10 - wtf? |
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progressiveright
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Sun Feb-06-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. how many marines does it take to write a letter? |
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w4rma
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Wtf? Not funny. (nt) |
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emad
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Mon Feb-07-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. Army mag draws Potter comparisons |
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allemand
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Mon Feb-07-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Sample |
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Rapcw
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Mon Feb-07-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
37. LOL they could have tried just a LITTLE harder in changing the character |
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MsTryska
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. so umm....what's this training manual for? |
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pocket
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Parodies are protected free speech |
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trogdor
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. True. |
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foo_bar
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. can the government invoke fair use? |
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Downtown Hound
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Mon Feb-07-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. If it's satire, it's protected speech. |
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rocktivity
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Mon Feb-07-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Satire or plaigiarism? |
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daleo
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Mon Feb-07-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. Have they tried this with Disney? |
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tralfaz
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Mon Feb-07-05 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. big freaking deal. n/t |
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