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You do know Oklahoma isn't a country, right? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 14/04/2010 09:51:21 PM
Sorry, couldn't resist:P

Industrialized World, maybe, but I expect certain democratic standards of First World nations. Maybe that puts me out of line with the accepted usage, yet that's basically my point: In a world where China can export poisoned food and drugs and allow enslaved children in coal mines BUT host the Olympics and be a full member of the UN and WTO some standards need changing. Right now the change seems to be that Western democracies will relax consumer, environmental and labor standards to "compete on a level playing field. " I keep hearing about how engagement will spur reform in China and similar places, but we've been hearing that for my entire life and have yet to see any evidence. They've let Western businesses in on their terms and encouraged well connected members of the political elite to expand into global commerce, but in terms of true freedom things have only gotten worse.


You seem to have gone completely off topic here... but so you know, Turkey has been a First World nation for a long, long time.

I don't think slandering multiple nations constitutes "protected speech. " In fact, maybe not in Britain, but if a private broadcaster aired something like that here they'd probably be subject to litigation; it's not true, they knew it wasn't true and it damaged the reputation of both Israel and Palestine. Should I be able to say, "hey, it's a fictional account based on real events and I'm a private citizen, so it's none of your business if I want to air a show portraying all Brits as cannibals"?


You seem to have completely switched goal posts here.
But to answer your question - yes. If you make a fictional TV series, you should be able to show fiction. The give away is the name;)
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