"Rykk" <NospamIshnar@nospamhotmail.nospamcom>, haber iletisinde sunlari
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>
> "Haluk Skywalker" <halukakaNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2ukba4F2btv71U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
> > yazdi:2ukak9F291po5U41@uni-berlin.de...
> >> Haluk Skywalker wrote:
> >> > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
> >> > yazdi:2uk915F291po5U38@uni-berlin.de...
> >> >
> >> >>Haluk Skywalker wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com>, haber iletisinde
sunlari
> >> >>>yazdi:2uk6qpF291po5U31@uni-berlin.de...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>Haluk Skywalker wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>I mean that dickless piece of shit you call president keeps shedding
> >> >
> >> > blood
> >> >
> >> >>>for oil and I don't want him be there for another 4 years.
> >> >>
> >> >>Yeah. I mean, he could have had the sanctions lifted with a phone
call
> >> >>to the UN but instead wanted a war to make things blow up.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sanctions were there, enforced for almost a decade. Who says he
should
> > have
> >> > lifted the sanctions?
> >>
> >> Lifting the sanctions would have acheived the end of getting the oil.
> >> Sheesh, pay attention.
> >>
> >> >>>I mean, all world citizens have a say in the US elections because
your
> >> >>>politics affect our peace.
> >> >>
> >> >>No. First, there is no such thing as a "world citizen". Second, the
> >> >>election laws of the US and the several states preclude anyone but a
US
> >> >>citizen from having a say in a US election.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yes, there is such a thing as world citizen; I believe I am one.
> >>
> >> No, and no. There is no world government and as such, there is no world
> >> citizenship.
> >>
> >> > US laws are
> >> > for those who live in the US. I don't give rats ass. I'll comment all
I
> > want
> >> > on your elections and war in Iraq.
> >>
> >> Yes, comment all you want. However, that does not mean you have a say
in
> >> our election. Maybe you are being confused by the idiom "to have a
say".
> >> Is English not your native language?
> >>
> >
> > Nope. English is my third language. But you may be right about my
> > confusion
> > on "to have a say". The difference is insignificant enough though.
> >
>
> <snip>
> Not to comment on whatever other points you have, but the difference
between
> your misuse of the idiom "to have a say" and its true meaning is not
> insignificant.
>
> To have a say in this context means to have a vote.  You do not have a
vote,
> therefore you have no say.  You may "say" whatever you wish, negative or
> productive, but to "have a say" means you can directly influence the
result.
> All you can do is affect the result indirectly by speaking your mind and
> hoping to influence us.  That does not constitute "having a say."
>
> So remember
> "have a say" = directly influence
> "say" = comment
>
> Big difference.  You are either sitting in the Jury, or your a Lawyer
> pleading before the Jury.
>
> Rykk
>

OK. Thank you for clarification.