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   "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
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   > "Your Name"  wrote in message   
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   > > "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...   
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   > >> >> 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.   
   >   
   > It was out of genuine concern, guy.  I'm the one extending an offer of   
   help,   
   > you're the one "only giving a damn" about yourself and how things   
   > inconvenience you.   
      
   Yet more proof the Internet is over-flowing with idiots who can't read and   
   have zero common sense.  :-\   
      
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