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I am so tired of the BR trolls coming here and libeling Suzanne Collins


Hunger Games was a great series. Whoever heard of a writer plagiarizing someone else's story and writing a BETTER story than what they plagiarized? And not only better written (IMNSHO), but selling movie tickets like hotcakes?

BR trolls, zip it and go somewhere else. Everyone else here is too polite to say that, but I'm tired of your trash-talk.

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Libel? It's not libel if it's true. 

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"It's not libel if it's true."

Then show me the proof, sweetheart.

Hint: "Well, they sure look the same to ME!" is not "proof."

I've to see any "proof" that would stand up in a U.S. court of law, a Japanese court, or even a Somalian court.

In short: Lots of trolls since the Hunger Games movie came out, lots of libel, not one shred of proof.

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Hint: "Well, they sure look the same to ME!" is not "proof."


Oh, really? Then you'd better talk to George Harrison, who was successfully sued for plagiarism for "My Sweet Lord" or the authors of Fail Safe, who had to settle out of court when they were sued by the author of Red Alert. Or the other countless cases where people were successfully sued for plagiarism. I don't recall any "proof" required in those cases , just enough similarities between the works in question to allow a judge to make a decision on whether a infringement happened or not.

But I understand your confusion. You seem to be under the delusion that civil cases like this work like criminal cases, where there HAS to be enough hard evidence (forensics, signed confessions, etc.)to make a decision one way or the other about someone's guilt. That's not how civil cases work.

I've to see any "proof" that would stand up in a U.S. court of law, a Japanese court, or even a Somalian court.


Plenty of articles have pointed out the many similarities between both THG and BR. If you choose to be willfully ignorant and ignore them (right down to characters and plot points), that's your problem, but don't confuse your pig-headedness for "lack of proof."

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"Plenty of articles have pointed out the many similarities between both THG and BR. If you choose to be willfully ignorant and ignore them (right down to characters and plot points), that's your problem, but don't confuse your pig-headedness for "lack of proof.""

and the bulk of these have been proved to be superficial, imaginary, fallacious, o0r just plain false.


Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain (Isaac Asimov)

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Hunger Games was a great series. Whoever heard of a writer plagiarizing someone else's story and writing a BETTER story than what they plagiarized?
It sure didn't happen with Mockingjay, to bad they split BR2's story into three movies. They might have had a chance but they went the greedy route.

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Sorry, am I supposed to treat your critique respectfully when you throw out accusations ("plagiarized") with no proof?

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I like the Hunger games but it is not a better story than Battle Royal, and Collins writing can be compared to that of a 10th grader.

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