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JustMe, what do we call this?

Reader comment on item: Something Rotten in Denmark?
in response to reader comment: It really ticks me off

Submitted by Sarah (Sweden), Apr 11, 2006 at 18:19

(JustMe :" 'Asadullah strives to make his point, switching to English lest there be any mistaking him. "I am lucky I went there, and now I miss it. Cuba was great," said the 14-year-old, knotting his brow in the effort to make sure he is understood.)

JustMe, doesn't Asadullah's words sound like those of Jill Carroll: "They treated me very well. They treated me very well, like a guest. I was given very good food, kept very safe, treated very, very well.."

So what do we call this? 'Stockholm syndrome' is the word, right?
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