Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:46:56 05/20/04
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On May 20, 2004 at 17:30:50, Sune Fischer wrote: >On May 20, 2004 at 17:06:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 20, 2004 at 15:39:11, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On May 20, 2004 at 15:14:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>Then the question becomes "Is there any other alternative way to enter?" and if >>>>the answer is yes, then "do I really want to do that?" But I would not call >>>>myself "banned". Banned means absolutely forbidden entry. I would say "I was >>>>greatly hindered or discouraged from entering." >>> >>>Suppose you are arrested and bail is set at $10000000000000. >>> >>>Is that not the same as refusing you to make bail? >>> >>>-S. >> >> >>Technically, no. Practically, yes. As I said I see _both_ sides of the >>argument... >> >>But we should use the right term... > >I don't really think splitting hairs over the term is important, what is >important is that they prevented Junior from playing. > >Whether they did that by banning, shooting the author, demading obscene amounts >of money or not giving him an invite for a visa all pretty much leads to the >same result. > >-S. except that shooting the author means also preventing him to play in other events so there is still some difference. Uri
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