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Jack Thompson

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Take-Two is also stating that the sun does not rise in the east because Take-Two makes no money from its rising in the east.
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Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, border, nor breed, nor birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!

 
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