Nigel "The Hammer" Farage

[Raev]

You seem to have skipped the post below. Enjoy.

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are effectively confiscating the 500E bills, and yes 'they' refers to the government.

[derpcake]

Do you know what the word confiscation means?

They are not confiscating 500€ bills.

[Raev]

That is why I said 'effectively', you nut. The are effectively confiscating them by not printing more; eventually the ones in circulation will wear out and be exchanged for multiple 100E notes.

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are effectively confiscating the 500E bills, and yes 'they' refers to the government.

I did skip this post, going to quote it in case I need sig material.

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is why I said 'effectively', you nut. The are effectively confiscating them by not printing more; eventually the ones in circulation will wear out and be exchanged for multiple 100E notes.

You "effectively" do not know what confiscation means.

It's ok.

Just because I'm nice, when things get "confiscated", that means they are being seized without any compensation being offered in exchange.

Confiscating 500€ bills would come down to declaring them all property of the party confiscating them, for free.

This is absolutely not what has happened.

[Jarnauga]

If you give me a 500€ bill and i give you 5 x 100€, i'm confiscating your money

Got it.

On a side note, xenophobic accidents daily in the UK: http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_57...075?edition=uk (beware, feminazi website ahead, they probably tagged the polish cultural center themselves)

[derpcake]

Pretty fortunate the poll wasn't "are you ok with your money being confiscated"

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[Raev]

Originally Posted by derpcake [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You "effectively" do not know what confiscation means.

It's ok.

Just because I'm nice, when things get "confiscated", that means they are being seized without any compensation being offered in exchange.

Confiscating 500€ bills would come down to declaring them all property of the party confiscating them, for free.

This is absolutely not what has happened.

Originally Posted by Webster

confiscate: to take (something) away from someone especially as punishment or to enforce the law or rules

Combined with the adverb 'effectively' I feel comfortable with that sentence.

In any event, you are once again failing to raise even the smallest substantiative point. Do you really want to go all Alarti-style?

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Combined with the adverb 'effectively' I feel comfortable with that sentence.

In any event, you are once again failing to raise even the smallest substantiative point. Do you really want to go all Alarti-style?

Don't backpedal

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is why I said 'effectively', you nut. The are effectively confiscating them by not printing more; eventually the ones in circulation will wear out and be exchanged for multiple 100E notes.

you literally state they "are being confiscated and exchanged for .."

hence proving you did not know what confiscation means

effectively

[Raev]

Webster's definition says nothing about compensation <shrug>

edit: Seriously, how can you not read that sentence as a textbook example of Webster's definition? The 500 E notes are effectively being taken away from the populace due to government regulations.

I wonder if there is a word for 'desperately trying to nitpick where no errors exist'. That would describe you perfectly.