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" As a gamer, I can't think of anything more annoying for everyone concerned than playing games in a shared living room. "

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" I don't think I have any particular problem with God. "

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" We urgently need to address the assumption bound up in our employment laws and custody arrangements that women are the 'natural child carers' and men don't really want much to do with their children. "

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