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Old 02-03-2005, 09:45 PM
Adde Adde is offline
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Default Re: State of the Union and standing ovations?

It's simply the culturaly established way to show strong support for a political statement during a speech.

Stupid culture. Support means nothing when it is programmed like this. As for the procedure, it reminds me of the tale of the emperors new clothes; no one dare to tell how stupid it looks.

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