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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Nothing in excess
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Here
Posts: 7,496
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They're not communist, but they are not a democracy either. The good side to this is that they offer foreign aid to third world countries unconditionally, whereas the US or UK always look at a country's human rights record before offering help. Apparently it has done wonders for struggling countries like the Congo.
The downside? They are totally illiberal and cooperate with appalling regimes like North Korea and Zimbabwe. In fact, all North Korean refugees are sent back home as a general rule, most likely to get thrown into a concentration camp.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
- Chris Morris - The Absurd World of Martin Amis
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