Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:50:01 05/20/04
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On May 20, 2004 at 17:46:56, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Of course this is not the only difference. If you do not include shooting the author then I agree that "Whether they did that by banning, demading obscene amounts of money or not giving him an invite for a visa all pretty much leads to the same result" Uri
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