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Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf'

solo Adam Buxton Bug mocks the casual brutality of expression online

"is a sharp turn in the era of network," says comedian Adam Buxton, "learn to cope with a new kind of sport, brutal criticism from people that you have ever met. " Remember, with a slight smile, someone once described as "a smarmy little dwarf oiled-up." But the 43-year-old, is better able to handle more Internet obnoxiousness. Past several years, been on a live comedy show called

Bug makes great horrible things they say to each other online. "Children, especially, pressing buttons each "as Buxton think" say the unsayable, kiss How Social interaction works. "

It is the most expensive, no doubt, the teen comedy created with his friend Joe Cornish under the banner of his double act, Adam & Joe. But Bug

was successful sustainable solo Buxton, held regularly since 2007 at the BFI in London and on tour in the UK this summer. I met him in a sunny spot in London, right next to the station from his home in Norfolk, and a couple of hours before he was due on stage in West London.

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is nominally extravagant showcase, taken from YouTube and enthusiasm associated with Buxton, which is something like an amateur. (Once, I ran a promo Radiohead.) The real fun, however, comes after each clip when Buxton read some of the comments that have been published on the film. Blunt ads, surprising confessions, mean little Snipes ... Logical errors and mocked misspellings subtly highlighted, the exchanges become small surrealist works. "I think the Internet has created an environment where people are not forced to consider the consequences of what they say," said Buxton. "It may be unlocked some of the people in the past have learned to hide, but you know, even saying something like that now seems reactionary snob course, everyone has the right to speak - .. And people for it. "When Bug started, remember, do not imagine that this would be the last Once those expected to beat and overwhelming comment Internet "failure." N

• What has disappeared, to the chagrin of fans across the country, it is their 6Music radio show with Cornish. After diffusion into and out of 2007-2011, they stopped because promising Cornish launched a second career as a director, responsible for the British sci-fi thriller 2011
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• . Does the radio gone forever? "I hope not," said Buxton. "It is understood that we are on a gap year, while Joe conquer the film world ... I would be very sad if we do nothing more. Fingers crossed that everything goes wrong for Joe."
If that last comment posted online may need an emoticon Winky or more exclamation points, clarify sarcasm. Thus, Buxton leans forward and clear in my dictaphone. "It was a joke"

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Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria

US ponders Syria options but urges caution over chemical weapons claims

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could join the Allied armed rebels, but members of Congress say there is little appetite for a major intervention in Syria

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considering a range of military responses to the alleged evidence of chemical weapons use by Syria, but it is still cautious about meaningful intervention.

informed Congress by Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday in Washington say the most likely option described Kerry would join other countries to specific groups of armed rebels.

The imposition of a no-fly zone is also considered, but is considered unattractive by the administration due to chemical weapons do not require aircraft to use - and because of the large quality of Syrian air defenses U.S. lives would be in danger.

discussion also focused on the use of forces and special instruments designed specifically designed to safely incinerate chemical weapons facilities, but there was skepticism that we can tackle the problem, which is supposed to be very scattered.

Kerry briefly took questions from politicians in the House of Representatives, but there was a marked down the rhetoric on Capitol Hill stage, even among members of Congress hardest.

"There was almost as much appetite for involvement in space like me when I go to an all-you-can-eat restaurant," said Brad Sherman of California, who has sponsored Obama proposed a bill to arm the rebels with anti-aircraft weapons.

other members of Congress who discussed later briefing with journalists, said they had more confidence now that the evidence indicates the use of chemical weapons was strong, but not conclusive.

"There is sufficient evidence to go to trial in a civilian court, but I can not say it has proven beyond a reasonable doubt," said Sherman.

It is unclear whether the United States independently developed a "chain of custody" for light soil samples and other evidence showing the use of chemicals that may have been transmitted by rebel groups.

White House Jay Carney said the spokesman there was still work to be done before evaluating American options. "We need to assess the credibility of the evidence before making decisions about what to do."

Thursday, the White House and other administration officials said Obama senior U.S. intelligence concluded with "varying degrees of confidence" that the Syrian government used chemical weapons twice in the civil war. Two Syrian officials denied Friday that government forces had used chemical weapons against the rebels.

• In the Syrian capital, a military government official said President Bashar al-Assad "has not and will not use chemical weapons, though they have." He accused the opposition forces instead of using them on a March attack in the town of Khan al-Assad outside the northern city of Aleppo. Both sides accused each other of deadly assault.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron described the testing of chemical weapons used as "small but growing" and downplayed any suggestion of British troops could be deployed in Syria, therefore, would only say that
• is a red line for the international community to "do more".

Speaking to the BBC, the Prime Minister echoed the caution of the White House on the evidence so far, saying that the British government not to make the mistake of "rush into print "and will seek to verify the evidence with its allies. "It is very worrying that we see s'. A limited test, but no evidence of growth we have seen in the use of chemical weapons, probably by the regime, "said Cameron." It is extremely serious. This is a war crime and that we must take very seriously. "

also left well short of suggesting that the confirmation of the use of chemical weapons would necessarily be a trigger for military action. "I think that President Obama said was absolutely right -. That the international community should be a red line for us to do more," It has been speculated that Western special forces could be sent to ensure stockpile Chemicals in Syria, but Cameron said he could not predict the British troops on the ground.

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