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Oxford student bluffs his way into China
2004-02-21, 10:02 AM #1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3503891.stm

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2004-02-21, 10:04 AM #2
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...

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2004-02-21, 10:09 AM #3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...

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2004-02-21, 10:11 AM #4
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...</font>


BBC = Bloody British Cowards [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-02-21, 10:21 AM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...

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What...the...hell?
2004-02-21, 10:28 AM #6
/me torches MechWarrior horribly for not believing the BBC.

Woo yeah.

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2004-02-21, 10:41 AM #7
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...

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2004-02-21, 11:20 AM #8
How come I have a feeling Im going to be that guy in 10 years?

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2004-02-21, 12:10 PM #9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by clan ruthervain:
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Why? There's hundreds of reasons he could list for thinking that.
2004-02-21, 12:35 PM #10
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Interesting story... I don't really trust the bbc though...

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2004-02-21, 12:39 PM #11
... What the ****? You think they made the story up?
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2004-02-21, 12:49 PM #12
No, I don't think they did make it up. It would be pointless to do so.

But this sounds like something I would hear on Coast to Coast.

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2004-02-21, 12:50 PM #13
No... but I do think they are biased.

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Don't be unwise judge me not by my size. You wont believe your eyes watch the xwing rise!
2004-02-21, 12:51 PM #14
... Yeah, especially compared to American and Canadian news outlets, which are just paragons of journalistic integrity..
A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

art
2004-02-21, 12:55 PM #15
I don't trust the news to begin with I only trust what I see first hand.

The news is close to truth... but it is always sensored in some way.

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Don't be unwise judge me not by my size. You wont believe your eyes watch the xwing rise!
2004-02-21, 1:01 PM #16
If it is biased, I think it is siding with the Chinese. I personally would be pissed off if I payed my money to listen to some guy teach a class he is no where near qualified to teach just to get a free trip.

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2004-02-21, 1:07 PM #17
It's a bit biased compared to a version I heard of it. Basically, the guy thought he would be teaching A-level students, and found himself infront of a class full of PhD students [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-02-21, 1:11 PM #18
The BBC is the least biased of all British media.

Which might say something about the competition. But whatever. They're one of the least biased news sources on the 'net anyway.

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2004-02-21, 1:13 PM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gandalf1120:
But this sounds like something I would hear on Coast to Coast.

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"College student lies and gets sent to China to host a forum" vs. "Yessir, I was ubducted by them thar lil' green men, they touched me sum'n dirty."

Yup, sounds like Coast to Coast...

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2004-02-21, 1:17 PM #20
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GhostOfYoda:
It's a bit biased compared to a version I heard of it. Basically, the guy thought he would be teaching A-level students, and found himself infront of a class full of PhD students [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]</font>


Both of whom he would not be qualified to teach. He was not even qualified to teach 3rd graders economics.

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2004-02-21, 11:29 PM #21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by THRAWN:
Both of whom he would not be qualified to teach. He was not even qualified to teach 3rd graders economics.

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Aye, but economics is a sucky subject anyway [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif] [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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