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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 596820, member: 17753&quot;]I don&#039;t think that&#039;s a fair comment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ahhh, now we&#039;re getting somewhere!&nbsp; So, how can I be 100% wrong (which you say below) if we agree on this? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A question to ponder: If you agree that the phenomenon exists, why do you think &quot;legal tender coinage&quot; is exempt, world-wide, from that phenomenon?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have said absolutely nothing of the sort, and the fact that you say that makes me think you are either making presumptions of my point of view, or aren&#039;t reading very carefully.&nbsp; I said I found it ironic that Castro&#039;s policy was cited favorably here to support an argument.&nbsp; This has 100% nothing to do with my politics -- it has to do with what I perceive to be other peoples&#039; politics.&nbsp; There are, granted, very few political opinions mentioned on CT, but what few I&#039;ve seen seem, shall we say, on the opposite side of the spectrum than Castro.&nbsp; I found that ironic, ok?&nbsp; I was amused by it.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t being critical of either Castro or the posters on this board.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How can that be?&nbsp; --&nbsp; we agreed on something!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And let me go further and completely confound some folks: I never even said I support the policy.&nbsp; Frankly, I&#039;m agnostic about it -- I see both pros and cons to it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think they are unreasonable -- which is quite different from saying that it&#039;s the policy I would have chosen.&nbsp; What I said was that the rules pre-existed most of our CT memberships, and I support Speedy&#039;s decision to enforce them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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