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   From: arse@bad-poo.com   
      
   "oO"  wrote in message news:4kr0mpFdbsaeU1@individual.net...   
   >I can't help wondering what all the hype is over a film released on Friday.   
   >Called "Snakes on a plane" most critics have slammed it as being one of the   
   >worst films of all time. Yet there has been unprecedented wall-to-wall   
   >coverage on both on television and in print.   
   >   
   > Sky News felt they had to run stories on it ALL DAY Friday and in the   
   > run-up to its release.   
   >   
   > They juxtaposed it with it lines like - "With a climate of fear   
   > surrounding terrorism and air travel these days, a new movie...".   
   >   
   > Is this an attempt to manipulate people into associating Muslims on planes   
   > with snakes? It certainly plays on a common theme: fear. Fear of snakes   
   > and fear of terrorism. Pretty simple. Is it another propaganda exercise?   
   > The film's release and the recent 'terror plot' shenanigans at Heathrow   
   > certainly coincide well.   
      
   Does this mean I cannot take my pet snake on a plane?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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