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11-02-2007, 09:47 PM
| | |  Protest cancels Greek Deathly Hallows midnight release
Protests in Greece have taken place after countries four main bookstores asked staff to work a few extra hours on the launch night of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
These protests resulted in the shops scrapping the plans for a late-night launch. Instead, they are now planning to hold the events on the following Saturday morning. Quote:
The association of Greek private employees (OIYE) complained that "the right of staff to go home on time" was compromised by the nocturnal Potter launch which it said was as an "illegal and immoral act" on the part of bookstores
The seventh Potter book will be released on November the 3rd.
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11-02-2007, 10:01 PM
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|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Neverland
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o.O Oh-kay?
It's just one night, goodness.
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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11-02-2007, 10:03 PM
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| | Mooncalf
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I am suprised that they didnt ask for volunteers or something. That is crazy that they actually protested. Someone in Greece has to want to work a few extra hours.
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11-02-2007, 10:09 PM
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| | Acromantula
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Geeze, I guess Greece isn't so big on Potter. Or at least not the OIYE. @,@
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11-02-2007, 10:36 PM
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| | Phoenix
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At least the book will still be released. | |
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11-02-2007, 10:39 PM
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| | Griffin
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I think that's silly. It was their chance to be a part of something big! Instead they're "eh, I don't wanna work late."
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11-02-2007, 11:01 PM
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| | Mooncalf
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...... wow... a few extra hours! 
I guess Potter doesn't prevail over the law yet huh? Too bad....
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11-02-2007, 11:05 PM
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| | Faerie
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how cool
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11-02-2007, 11:14 PM
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| | Vampire
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Well, atleast they will get the book.
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11-02-2007, 11:19 PM
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|  Luff PuffPadfoot's Pawprint Headz&Tailz<3Phoenix
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I wouldve ADORED to work extra late and stay for the release of the 7th book here! Hey, I went to the premier itself, I guess that counts too xD
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11-02-2007, 11:49 PM
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| | Thestral
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Oh, wow! it's just for one noght! I mean, you could switch shifts or something! it would be so fun to have a little party too...but I guess it is pretty tiring to run a bookstore...
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11-03-2007, 12:20 AM
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| | Crup
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just one night, and something that big, someone must want to be part of it!!!
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11-03-2007, 12:44 AM
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| | Crup
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I would have worked extra hours!
-too bad I live in America- 
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11-03-2007, 12:45 AM
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| | Jarvey
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How lame. They can't stay open late for one night? *sigh*
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11-03-2007, 01:03 AM
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| | Diricawl
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I would have worked ALL NIGHT 
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11-03-2007, 02:17 AM
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| !!!!Awesome!!!! Faerie
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I would be so mad!!
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11-03-2007, 02:55 AM
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| | Doxy
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That is absolutely ridiculous.
They can work a few extra hours and make a bunch of people happy and probably get paid extra anyway.
It's not like they probably weren't going to stay up late doing something else anyway.
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11-03-2007, 03:10 AM
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| | Glumbumble
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what's wrong with continuing a tradition??
it's fun and people appreciate it so much! what's wrong with working a couple of more hours to be apart of something that people love?
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11-03-2007, 03:52 AM
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| | Leprechaun
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11-03-2007, 04:25 AM
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| | Thestral
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*Needs a Portkey* I'll work all night long!
At least they'll get the book eventually. A book is better than no book.
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11-03-2007, 04:49 AM
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| | Clabbert
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its just one think of it as getting more money.
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11-03-2007, 05:27 AM
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| | Faerie
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I'm sure they were getting paid extra time, that's so odd! Some people are sooooooo weird.
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11-03-2007, 08:12 AM
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| | Augurey
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It's ridiculous in my opinion. Dude it's your job, you'll get paid extra hours no? Then deal with it! I mean you chose the job =\
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11-03-2007, 11:14 AM
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| | Banshee
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sorry thats rediculus... it really is.. they would have got paid for it and then of course they would have alowed there customers the same rights as the rest of the world to get books at 12am!
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11-03-2007, 11:20 AM
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| | Grindylow
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I find no great point in their protests..
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