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		<title>Rediff Comments and Poes Law</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amit Verma posts on the Shiney Ahuja situation, and at the end points readers to some rediff.com comments. Hers is the comment in question: i thoughted that he is a good persun and his name telling that he is shiney persun. All pepuls are spradening baddy things about him. No oned talkied about shakeete kapeur [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amit Verma <a href="http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/shiney-and-his-maid/">posts</a> on the Shiney Ahuja situation, and at the end points readers to some rediff.com <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/permathread/s/bmovies2009jun15shiney-admits-to-rape/shining-personelety.html">comments</a>. Hers is the comment in question: </p>
<blockquote><p>i thoughted that he is a good persun and his name telling that he is shiney persun. All pepuls are spradening baddy things about him. No oned talkied about shakeete kapeur and guldshand geiver. Why?</p>
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<p>I absolutely took the comment at face value but went down a little further and found another one by the same user:</p>
<blockquote><p>how i killing you with simpule engleesh? are you goned maddy ? to killed you need guned, kniefe, hamur, stoned. howe simpule engleesh killed you?</p>
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<p>As soon as I read this it clicked. <a href="http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe%27s_Law">Poes Law</a>. Its an old internet rule that states: </p>
<blockquote><p>Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won&#8217;t mistake for the real thing.</p>
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<p>I think we need to have a rediff commenter specific version of this law. On reading rediff comments I think we can simplify the law as well:</p>
<blockquote><p>It is IMPOSSIBLE to recognize whether or not rediff comments are parody.</p>
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<p>I think we should name it the Bala law in honor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Balakrishnan">Ajit Balakrishnan</a> without whom we would not be blessed. </p>
<p>And for anyone who is willing to try and figure out if the above commenter is for real check out <a href="http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/userboard.php?postid=3bd0cefff53b87c700bb57ad2622a8">Halakus</a> Comment Page.</p>
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