Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 15:13:54 05/20/04
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On May 20, 2004 at 17:50:01, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Yeah true I could have come up with a better example, it's the intent of the words more than the actual words. Still let's not squabble forever over little things which only serves to sidetrack us from the real issue. -S.
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