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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: MIG
Date: Sep 17, 2008 03:59

On Sep 17, 11:17 am, NOSPAM...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:10:09 -0700 (PDT), MIG
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> doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>On Sep 17, 9:30 am, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On Sep 16, 6:08 pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>> The penny doesn't seem to be dropping that decorating a set is not a
>>>> crime.  The three million people are no more seeing a crime than if
>>>> there was fake blood splatter from acted murder scene.  It's
>>>> entertainment, with references to the existence of crime.  There's a
>>>> lot of that kind of entertainment.
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>>> And the penny doesn't seem to be dropping with you that the only
>>> reason he got the job was *because* he'd committed a crime. They
>>> obviously wanted a specific well known tag otherwise why didn't they
>>> just get their set designer to scribble some crap on a wall? Its not
>>> exactly rocket science.
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>>I'm sure that there must be easier ways of getting your work noticed
>>than being convicted of crimes (and if not caught, they couldn't have
>>found and used him).  You could say that they were encouraging
>>criminals to get caught.
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>>People in gaol get work, and get paid for it, that unemployed people
>>outside probably couldn't get (whatever the modern equivalent of
>>sowing mailbags is).  Maybe they commit crimes just to get this work.
>>Our justice system is funding criminals.  Outrage.
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> How long does a mailbag take to germinate?

Twenty six (which, by a remarkable coincidence, is the length of a
piece of string).
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