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Listed below are comments made by 2madkatz between Thursday, 27th November 2008 and Thursday, 5th February 2009.

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'I've never joined Facebook because...' 1:29pm on 05 Feb 2009 To all you people trying to assert some sort of superiority about how many 'real' friends you have so you don't need Facebook, well bully for you! I too have a lot of 'real' friends who I spend 'real' time with. However, I live in a different country from most of my friends and family so Facebook is invaluable for quick and easy keeping in touch.
Added to that, through Facebook I have made NEW friends! Yes, imagine that! I have used social networking to actually make new networks! Some of these new friends are in parts of the world I have never visited like Malaysia, New Zealand and the west coast of the USA. Social networking opens your horizons - it's not about saddos sitting in their bedsits surfing the internet because nobody want to be their friend.
Communicating with others is a good thing. It opens our eyes and broadens our minds. I don't care whether other people use Facebook or not, but don't claim to be superior to others while making narrow-minded comments about their lifestyles based only on old-fashioned prejudices!
But is it art? 2:05pm on 14 Jan 2009 I wasn't personally offended by the installation, but I do wonder what's so clever about pointing out (and so perpetuating) obvious stereotypes which many countries are working hard to overcome.

The 'Dracula'-themed Romania can hardly be considered insulting or offensive (unless he's implying that all Romanians are bloodsuckers!), but, as someone living and working in Romania, I do know that Romanians are tired of being wholly associated with this image (especially those who don't live in Transylvania!), and desperately want to portray their beautiful country in other terms than the land of Dracula, or the plaything of Ceaucescu or the home of appalling orphanages. So, thanks for the help with that Mr Cerny.

Incidentally the choice of a fat semi-naked gypsy man as a logo to represent Romania during the World Cup (I think it was on Sky Sports) didn't go down too well here either.

Yes, some of these are funny, but some of them go a bit far. I can't imagine many Bulgarians splitting their sides at the idea of their country as a squat toilet.
Conflict over copyright 10:34am on 27 Nov 2008 As a music teacher, I have taught many talented young people over the years who may just have what it takes to make it in the music industry. I guarantee that even if an ex-pupil of mine becomes fabulously wealthy and successful, I will not benefit financially one bit, regardless of how much my input contributed towards their success.

I completely understand the aspect of unique 'interpretation' that a performer brings to a piece of music or a script, for instance. In my experience, the session musicians are sometimes genuinely composing/improvising their own musical line during the rehearsal and recording process, but the fact remains that the genesis of the creative idea with which they are working belongs to somebody else. If they want to be rewarded for their creative input then they need to negotiate a sensible payment for their work at the time.

The idea that these musicians "will be denied what is in effect their pension because the royalities will dry up" is ridiculous and insulting to many other people who earn in the region of £15,000 a year (myself included) who have the foresight to pay into a separate pension plan.

And finally, the fact that record companies are making a fortune must be in part due to the huge investment that they made to spot the talent, sign it, organise the recording, produce it and market it. Those musicians that can make it without all that support, perhaps using the internet as a medium, should go ahead and they will be able to keep all the money for thmeselves!

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