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Your quote is about the local department's plans to demolish Arthur Dent's house.

The quote about the destruction of Earth is:

>‘There’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.’

> ‘What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven’s sake mankind, it’s only four light years away you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that’s your own lookout.

> ‘I don’t know’ said the voice on the PA, ‘apathetic bloody planet, I’ve no sympathy at all.’



To be fair, they correctly picked out the quote that is actually relevant and also the one that their parent comment had been thinking of.


Actually clearly with time I’d merged the two.




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