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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostThe "as usual" part is a statement.
According to Black law Dictionary, a statement is:
What is STATEMENT?
In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact.
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Full Definition of STATEMENT
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: something stated: as
a : a single declaration or remark : assertion
According to those two definitions above, it is a statement when the sentence is being used to declare something or assert a fact. In this case, Batista did not make a declaration or assert a fact because to wit, he has put down two conditions and followed it up with a question mark and left the reader to decide which condition is true or the other and must be mutually exclusive.
The words, "as usual" cannot be taken out out on its own and be declared as a statement. It must be read within the context of the sentence.
Therefore, in response to Tophatter's claims of trolling or obtuse statements, Batista did the neither. He left the choice to the reader.
[LAWYER CAP OFF]Last edited by Blademaster; 10 Apr 15,, 23:01.
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostI'd reply to your latest delusion but tbm3fan OoE have already done so more than adequately.
The only thing I'm curious about is, did you honestly expect anybody to believe that deliberately obtuse bullshit?
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Originally posted by Blademaster View Post[LAWYER CAP ON]
According to Black law Dictionary, a statement is:
What is STATEMENT?
In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact.
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Full Definition of STATEMENT
1
: something stated: as
a : a single declaration or remark : assertion
According to those two definitions above, it is a statement when the sentence is being used to declare something or assert a fact. In this case, Batista did not make a declaration or assert a fact because to wit, he has put down two conditions and followed it up with a question mark and left the reader to decide which condition is true or the other and must be mutually exclusive.
The words, "as usual" cannot be taken out out on its own and be declared as a statement. It must be read within the context of the sentence.
Therefore, in response to Tophatter's claims of trolling or obtuse statements, Batista did the neither. He left the choice to the reader.
[LAWYER CAP OFF]Chimo
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Originally posted by Blademaster View Post[LAWYER CAP ON]
According to Black law Dictionary, a statement is:
What is STATEMENT?
In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact.
Merriam Webster Dictionary
Full Definition of STATEMENT
1
: something stated: as
a : a single declaration or remark : assertion
According to those two definitions above, it is a statement when the sentence is being used to declare something or assert a fact. In this case, Batista did not make a declaration or assert a fact because to wit, he has put down two conditions and followed it up with a question mark and left the reader to decide which condition is true or the other and must be mutually exclusive.
The words, "as usual" cannot be taken out out on its own and be declared as a statement. It must be read within the context of the sentence.
Therefore, in response to Tophatter's claims of trolling or obtuse statements, Batista did the neither. He left the choice to the reader.
[LAWYER CAP OFF]
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Originally posted by Blademaster View Post.... NATO's objective of containing Russia has not gone away? Did it ever occur to you that you might be intentionally obtuse or oblivious to the fact that NATO's unchecked expansions has prompted this Russian reaction?
Action / Reaction. They are ever present and flowing. Who's action is causing the reaction?
While you're wearing your lawyer cap, is that a question, or a statement?Ego Numquam
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Did Batista ask for a lawyer or Hitesh jumped in, uncalled as usual? (This is a statement)
Oh mother, what was the OP? (This is a question)Last edited by Doktor; 11 Apr 15,, 09:15.No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
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To grossly simplify it, I think Hitesh is all in favour of letting the sand pit bully tell the others who they may or may not play with, because the rich kid who has that cool die cast bulldozer won't let him play with it.
I think that's a question? This is getting confusing, as usual.Ego Numquam
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I...I can't believe I have to break this down and explain it. And to a lawyer no less.
You're proclaiming total innocence for Batista and claiming I put words in his mouth. Except that, to anybody with a shred of common sense, what Batista said was (yet another) logical fallacy.
Originally posted by Batista View PostAre Nordic Nations saying it by themselves or US dictating the terms as usual for Europe?
Similar to asking my neighbor "Are you still beating your wife?"
Wow...just wow.
Once again, I have to ask: Did you really expect anybody to buy your line of bullshit?“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostI...I can't believe I have to break this down and explain it.
Originally posted by TopHatter View PostOnce again, I have to ask: Did you really expect anybody to buy your line of bullshit?Politicians are elected to serve...far too many don't see it that way - Albany Rifles! || Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it - Mark Twain! || I am a far left millennial!
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Originally posted by kato View PostSo, shall we look behind the reasons for this?
It's notable in regard to this news that Norway is the only country in NATO-Europe significantly raising its military budget in 2015. Not counting the the Baltics, their budgets are miniscule regardless whether they spend 1% or 100% of GDP. The only other country doing a similar-sized increased is the UK, and they're spending most of that increase on military and economic aid to other countries. Guess how Norway justifies this budget increase.
The Swedish defense ministry is currently (since January) in a row with the rest of the (socialist-green) government over finances, and points out perceived intrusions in asking for a 800 million raise for their budget. In Finland, the defense ministry is similarly attempting to prevent yet another cut of their budget, while the government as a whole points out perceived Russian aggression in trying to convince the population to join NATO - only 20% of the population are in favour of this. Denmark is just in because everyone else is in.
Iceland? Iceland doesn't even have a defense minister. And yes, i checked just now just to be sure.
Sweden, Finland - due to recession?
I know wiki is not a reliable source, but it says that Iceland has 210 active personnel and 380 in total, and their military expenditure (2011) is 12 million, and deployable military = 0. LAPD can take over Iceland in 2 days.Politicians are elected to serve...far too many don't see it that way - Albany Rifles! || Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it - Mark Twain! || I am a far left millennial!
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Sweden and Finland have been continually lowering their military budgets and actually have had standing parliamentary bills that mandate this for the past couple years. In both countries there are lobby groups trying to have these bills removed and the military budget bolstered.
Norway is the only NATO country with a sizable defense budget that is increasing it by a large proportion. See https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuel...015/id2005697/
Norway, compared to other countries, is in the somewhat special situation that it has plenty of money to spare due to its oil - however, their currency devaluation against the dollar is reducing the purchasing power of their budget. Similar to the other Nordic countries there are also lobby groups there who demand a higher budget: Report: Norway Needs Budget, Manpower Boost
In many cases these lobby groups are working from within the military and/or are connected to the MoDs, which are attempting to finagle more money from their respective governments opposed to spending increases. This is a noticeable political trend among all Nordic countries (save Iceland, but they don't matter anyway).
The UK is increasing its budget in 2015 over 2014 and is one of the few NATO countries to do so, but half of that increase is going towards military and economic aid (probably primarily in Iraq).
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View Post[Battle cap On]I know exactly what he meant[/Battle Cap Off]Last edited by Blademaster; 13 Apr 15,, 07:32.
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