I think this sounds like a fascinating premise upon which to base a docudrama and - if handled sensitively and intelligently, which it seems it will be - this is exactly the type of dynamic and thought provoking television that the UK is known for. There is a strong tradition of "what-if" scenarios in all genres of fiction and people should be able to separate such a conceit from simple polemic. It is not a personal attack, simply a device in which to examine this most controversial of recent presidents.
- Mat, London, UK
Except that's not the way I write. It's similar, but it's really not my pattern of sentence structure, etc.
I think they've edited me up to sound better, so I wonder if they've done similar. Also pretty sure I called Steve out on his blatent stupidity.
Unless there's another Mat spelling his name wrong with almost identical views?
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Date: 2006-08-31 04:31 pm (UTC)stops laughing when he realizes they'll probably pass a law against this now.
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Date: 2006-08-31 07:23 pm (UTC)One guy said "Let's focus on reality people and the "real" what if's!"
How can you have a real what if?
Might be worth plugging the TV back in for. Ah, bugger, it's on More4. That means it'll have an audience of about 3.
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Date: 2006-09-01 01:58 pm (UTC)The hopes of six billion people across the world were raised by the first three words of your headline - then dashed by the next four.
- Kate, Southampton, Hampshire
Unlike Bush, I don't believe in fairy tales.
- Steve Webster, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Date: 2006-09-01 02:07 pm (UTC)I think they've edited me up to sound better, so I wonder if they've done similar. Also pretty sure I called Steve out on his blatent stupidity.
Unless there's another Mat spelling his name wrong with almost identical views?