March 16, 2010
Published: 17 May 09 09:22 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19494/20090517/
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Sweden and Malena Ernman could only manage a 21st place and 33 votes in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. Scandinavian neighbour Norway had a perfect start to national day celebrations by claiming the title.
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BNW was far more articulate and precise in his description of all matters relating to Sweden and bordering countries...
*probably on holiday in Bosnia-Herzegovina*
Seriously Bob, perhaps it is time to chill out and let things ride. So what if there are more than one active thread talking about the same topic, haven't you hear about survival of the fittest?
How about some hands off moderation and save your intervention for the personal insults or racist threads
A while back someone posted a thread criticizing Bob for not merging several redundant threads. Now he has merged two redundant threads and he's being criticized for that. I guess he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.