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citricsquid on June 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: New York to London in an hour - by train

in this case the blogspam serves a purpose, accessing the bbc.com story:

"We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee."

evoxed on June 13, 2012 [–]

Wait, what now? You're blocked from reading a story, from inside the UK?

tomelders on June 13, 2012 | [–]

I'm as shocked as you are. As a licence payer, I'll be sending a strongly worded letter to the management.

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