From: your.name@isp.com   
      
   "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
   news:he76m5$8ht$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
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   > "Your Name"  wrote in message   
   > news:he751s$gco$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
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   > > "Ian B"  wrote in message   
   > > news:4b063b5f$0$2477$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...   
   > >>   
   > >> I think that conforms to the YN rulebook; that is it is acceptable if   
   you   
   > >> rip something off then give it a new name, as this will not "confuse   
   the   
   > >> true fans". That is, the guiding principle is the avoidance of   
   violation   
   > > of   
   > >> the purity of created worlds. Multiple versions of a world mess up the   
   > > card   
   > >> indexing system, basically.   
   > >   
   > > It messes up ANY remote sense of continuity withint trhe franchise. It   
   > > creates multiple "sub-franchises" (at best), so why not simply avoid   
   such   
   > > stupidty and create a NEW franchise to begin with?? Reason: Hollyweird   
   is   
   > > incredibly stupid, increbilty talentless, and incredibly greedy - their   
   > > motto "screw the fans, we want mor money".   :-(   
   >   
   > Is there nothing else in this world that you worry about?  You appear to   
   be   
   > allowing this one thing to dominate your life, the way you portray it   
   here.   
   >   
   > You can't control what they do, only how you react to it.  Even if only by   
   > choosing not to make it the center of your attention, instead making room   
   > for other things in life.   
      
   Says one of the village idiots who apparently have nothing better to do in   
   their life except post useless comments about my messages.  :-\   
      
   People not giving a damn about anything but themselves is one of the major   
   problems on this planet.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)