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Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 14, 2010 10:22 UTC (Tue) by fb (subscriber, #53265)
In reply to: Citizen Linus by xav
Parent article: Citizen Linus

I also found the headline very poor. Equating "Citizen" with "US Citizen" is a very poor word choice for a website with an international audience.


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Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 14, 2010 11:29 UTC (Tue) by engla (guest, #47454) [Link]

Does it matter where he's a citizen? In the subject email, he's engaging in citizen activity in his "new" country (registering to vote); it literally describes Linus acting as a citizen.

That said, it seems he's buying stocks in a heavily indebted company.

Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 14, 2010 12:04 UTC (Tue) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]

It matters because the news behind "Citizen Linus" doesn't seem to be about Linus getting a voting registration but about the fact that he "let slip" he is now a US citizen.

Citizen Linus

Posted Sep 14, 2010 16:33 UTC (Tue) by alankila (subscriber, #47141) [Link]

Umm... Citizen Kane?

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