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I really loved that. BB has always been a favourite, but this went one step beyond. I disagree about the 4.30 cut-off. To me, what followed was much braver, although perhaps a bit more colonial (re: leading and following) ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 06:38:48 PM EST
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Re: A great reward! (none / 0)

Ok, I'll bite.

Brave in what respect?

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 07:15:20 PM EST
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Re: A great reward! (none / 0)

The first piece was a direct reference to a commonly revered musical sequence in a movie, that was evidence of culture C - whereas cultures A and B were actually in conflict but subservient to Culture C.

The second piece is a basic A culture piece with B culture backing. i.e. colonial. Much riskier to bring off without appearing patronising ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 07:27:44 PM EST
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