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Loz Wrote:

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> rahrahrah Wrote:

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> > So you hate the Guardian, yet you trawl it for

> examples of infuriating articles, which you then

> link to on here?

>

> A better question would be why someone would read

> a thread call 'God I hate the Guardian' and then

> express surprise at the content of the thread.


Not surprise.. just pointing out that it's a little perverse.

???? Wrote:

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> rahrahrah Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

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> > So you hate the Guardian, yet you trawl it for

> > examples of infuriating articles, which you

> then

> > link to on here?

>

>

> Because one of the great joys of life is winding

> up po-faced sanctimonious Guardian readers maybe?


OK. Have fun with that

Anyway, I don't 'trawl' the Guardian - as has been noted here many times, I read the Guardian. For all its faults, it still has the best news coverage for a UK newspaper.


Unfortunately (though often amusingly), it also has the most bats**t-crazy and reality challenged columnists and opinion writers for a UK newspaper. And, yes, they do print things that deserve to be highlighted and mocked on a semi-regular basis.


Besides, I think any sane person would think Alanis Morrisette's advice was dangerous and should not have been printed.

Loz Wrote:

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> Anyway, I don't 'trawl' the Guardian - as has been

> noted here many times, I read the Guardian. For

> all its faults, it still has the best news

> coverage for a UK newspaper.

>

> Unfortunately (though often amusingly), it also

> has the most bats**t-crazy and reality challenged

> columnists and opinion writers for a UK newspaper.

> And, yes, they do print things that deserve to be

> highlighted and mocked on a semi-regular basis.

>

> Besides, I think any sane person would think

> Alanis Morrisette's advice was dangerous and

> should not have been printed.


Blimey, it is easy to wind up Guardian readers.

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Loz Wrote:

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> > here's a 14 year old pupil developing an

> obsession

> > for her teacher. Alanis' advice: "try and

> arrange

> > some one-on-one tutorials with this teacher".

>

> Maybe she was being ironic.


Nicely done.

I don't believe in God, but I do read the Guardian (and the Observer)


Both are in their own 'world' of bonkersness, but there's nothing close to them that I like to read


And the food sections of both are 'word' for the industry


The weekend FT is my anchor to a harsher reality and it's a pretty colour


:))

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