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		<title>A Book is just a Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[no matter what the particular denomination, extremest religious viewpoints are a problem
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<p>Book burning is something that sticks in our craw a bit.</p>
<p>Most of us are taught that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_burning" title="Wikipedia Article:Boork burning (opens in new window)" target="_blank">burning of books</a> is a bad thing. Ditto for flags. And world history during the last century has been littered with ominous events of hatred and intolerance, in which the burning of books or flags has played a central symbolic role.</p>
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		<title>Meet the new boss&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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<p>Well the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8676607.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">UK 2010 election</a> is now over&#8230;and at least it&#8217;s been an entertaining one.</p>
<p>As usual, the British version of &#8220;organisation&#8221; (known everywhere else as a &#8220;cluster-f*ck&#8221;) swung into play, with <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8666338.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">scores of people prevented from voting</a> for a range of reasons including lost or insufficient ballot papers, lack of staff, resources etc.</p>
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