Facebook, human rights and Myanmar

[paborn]

endorsement of the comments made in yesterday's GRAUNIAD (Oliver's favourite newspaper) about Facebook generally and its coverage of Burma in particular:

I hope overly exacting people don't constantly bring this minor typo to your attention.

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endorsement of the comments made in yesterday's GRAUNIAD (Oliver's favourite newspaper) about Facebook generally and its coverage of Burma in particular: I hope overly exacting people don't constantly bring this minor typo to your attention.

As an American (poor you) you will be unaware of the context. At one point in its history the Guardian's sub-editors were so poor at their job that the paper was littered with spelling errors. The satirical magazine Private Eye has always since then called it "The Grauniad" in reference to those times

[paborn]

As an American (poor you) you will be unaware of the context. At one point in its history the Guardian's sub-editors were so poor at their job that the paper was littered with spelling errors. The satirical magazine Private Eye has always since then called it "The Grauniad" in reference to those times

God, it must be a terrible burden being you.

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God, it must be a terrible burden being you.

Yes, but someone has to do it. Noblesse oblige and all that. For Americans (and arsenal who liked paborn's post so much) here's a link to Private Eye's in-jokes

[paborn]

I suppose it has never occurred to you that Americans have little to no interest in "Private Eye" . I pause now and await your latest rant about Americans secure in the knowledge that those who broadly judge nationalities and ethnicities are on the losing side of history - not to mention manners.