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You still don't get what Brexit exactly is, it looks like. It was a one sided drastic withdrawal from any and all EU institutions, and yes, that includes the TL

by brnt 4y ago

You still don't get what Brexit exactly is, it looks like. It was a one sided drastic withdrawal from any and all EU institutions, and yes, that includes the TLD. Amazing how you would think that your particular field of work would be excepted.

hunterb123 4y ago
> it was a one sided drastic withdrawal a couple of opinionated words there that you didn't support. drastic for sure is false as it took quite awhile to go through, much longer than the merger in fact. For my opinionated sentence I will say... Britain is better off, the EU is an abomination.
- d1sxeyes 4y ago
  I don't think there are any opinionated words there. The definition of 'drastic' does not necessarily mean quick (although it can). Definitions of drastic include (collected variously from Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster dictionaries): 'having very noticeable effects', 'likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect', and 'extreme in effect [...]'. I think Brexit fits this definition. With regards to your opinionated sentence, you are entitled to your opinion that the EU is an 'abomination', although it is just an opinion without any support, and it's provably incorrect that Britain 'IS' better off (although an argument can be made that the potential long term benefits of Brexit may outweigh the current short term negative impact, it's far from being certain, and definitely should not be discussed in the present tense).
necovek 4y ago
What about a UK person who voted "no" to Brexit and who might have been a proud holder of their personal .eu domain for a dozen years? I guess the point is that one should only go with commercial domain names, and never with political ones (which all country code TLDs are by definition).
- brnt 4y ago
  > What about a UK person who voted "no" The nature of democracy is that you don't always get your way. Barnier kept the door open for all kinds of intermediate levels of association, but the British delegation kept saying no and pushing for hard Brexit. Well, that's what they got.

by brnt 4y ago

hunterb123 4y ago

> it was a one sided drastic withdrawal a couple of opinionated words there that you didn't support. drastic for sure is false as it took quite awhile to go through, much longer than the merger in fact. For my opinionated sentence I will say... Britain is better off, the EU is an abomination.

d1sxeyes 4y ago
I don't think there are any opinionated words there. The definition of 'drastic' does not necessarily mean quick (although it can). Definitions of drastic include (collected variously from Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster dictionaries): 'having very noticeable effects', 'likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect', and 'extreme in effect [...]'. I think Brexit fits this definition. With regards to your opinionated sentence, you are entitled to your opinion that the EU is an 'abomination', although it is just an opinion without any support, and it's provably incorrect that Britain 'IS' better off (although an argument can be made that the potential long term benefits of Brexit may outweigh the current short term negative impact, it's far from being certain, and definitely should not be discussed in the present tense).

necovek 4y ago

What about a UK person who voted "no" to Brexit and who might have been a proud holder of their personal .eu domain for a dozen years? I guess the point is that one should only go with commercial domain names, and never with political ones (which all country code TLDs are by definition).

brnt 4y ago
> What about a UK person who voted "no" The nature of democracy is that you don't always get your way. Barnier kept the door open for all kinds of intermediate levels of association, but the British delegation kept saying no and pushing for hard Brexit. Well, that's what they got.