"As one father put it, his son is sitting back, waiting for his punishment, " Chatterton said.

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Steve Chatterton stressed that it took place on the back of a noisy bus, far from the driver.

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One difference is that Chatterton paid for his poetry with his life, while Paolini gets paid for life.

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The students and their family members have received death threats, according to Chatterton.

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"I've gotten e-mails from the United Kingdom (and) from all over the United States saying prosecute, prosecute, " Chatterton said.

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With almost 100, 000 members it has, according to spokesman Johnny Chatterton, harnessed concern in the west over the Myanmar junta.

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The most famous was Thomas Chatterton, an 18th-century writer who forged poems that he said were written by one Thomas Rowley, a medieval monk, and which continue to be much admired.

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Groups such as "Support the Monks' protest" in Myanmar on social networking sites serve several purposes according to Chatterton -- they are able to quantify the support for the cause which could affect how politicians in the West respond.

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It is no insult to young Paolini to say that his books are effectively co-written with Tolkien, any more than it is an insult to Chatterton-Rowley to say that his had a co-author in Macpherson-Ossian or, for that matter, that virtually all medieval-minded historical novels in the nineteenth century, including some very good ones, were produced jointly with Sir Walter Scott.

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