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Mon 08 Aug 2007Flexibility of Harris is inspiringI first met Eoghan Harris nearly 20 years ago. I had just become editor of Magill and was hoping I could persuade him to become a columnist, writes John Waters.He wasn't writing for anyone then, but I had read his treatise on television and terrorism and thought it tremendous. He wasn't keen to write for Magill but we met for lunch. "I know you're not a Provo," he greeted me, "and I don't think you're a Trot. What the f*** are you?"