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To 71.193.216.103 who just made the edits to my article: I agree with most of your textual amendments, but do we really need hyperlinks for articles about such terms as "passport" and "kidnapped"? Who on earth doesn't know what a passport is? And if they're having problems with comprehending simple terms, how about they use the search box? ;)

Seriously, Wikipedia is desperately over-linked as it is. I intend to remove some of the more ridiculous ones, unless you get back to me in a couple of days.

Removed redundant hyperlinks.

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"emotionless compassion" is what, exactly? Perhaps you meant "disinterested compassion"? PiCo ( talk) 13:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC) reply