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Old April 26th, 2008, 02:28 PM
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Default Re: New photos of Occupied Paris

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I never suggested Mr. Hardman should be denied an opinion. I merely implied that Hr. Hardman is a complete daft.
Again, that's YOUR opinion.

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Nor is the occupation of France any more "news" to the French, but thanks for not answering the question anyway
A bit pointless answering a question which you yourself had already answered.

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. So what is Mr. Hardman's point then? Is he stating to all readers at how historically illiterate he really is, or is this just another "sticking it to the French" article?? What was it then, the whole point of the article?
He was commenting on a piece of news. The only one who seems to have an ulterior motive around it seems to be you.

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By this logic, we should also give Signal the benefit of the doubt and discuss the merits of it's articles?
Picture Post and The War Illustrated from the same period weren't impartial either.

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It is another for Mr.Hardman and the Daily Mail to stoop to a propaganda piece and draw conclusions from it
Interesting that you think reporting news is "stooping to a propaganda piece".

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What next - Der Sturmer to be used as a credible and viable source?
An amusing comment from someone who quoted an inaccurate entry on wikipedia.
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