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That doesn't sound exactly like advocacy for the break-up of the country.

How many people do you thinkk will make it past the headline, photos and the first 14 paraghraphs to

Certainly, there are reasons Belgium is likely to stay together, at least in the short term.
and the rest of it?

It's not advocacy. It's subliminal, maybe not even intentional. But just last Tuesday at one of the Lib Dem conference fringe events someone casually dropped "Belgium is breaking up" as if it were an established fact just because it was in the FT that morning.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 04:37:42 AM EST
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It's not advocacy. It's subliminal, maybe not even intentional.

Whatever it is, it's certainly got people's attention.

As of 4:51 AM in New York (2007/9/22), the article is number 1 on the New York Times most emailed list.

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read or write.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 04:54:20 AM EST
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See? And that is the problem.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 05:00:55 AM EST
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