If true it’s insanely wild because the releases are political. But I dont picture the British seizing an embassy?
This comment above was the post to which I was replying...(not to you)
It is not sophistry and I resent your comment...it is called being articulate...so as not to spread additional rumors...and I see posts saying the British seized the embassy—but we don’t know that...
Sorry but there is a difference in the 2 words...to seize denotes possession—as per dictionary.com...
To Seize: To take possession of by force or at will.
syn: take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab
To storm: To rush to an assault or attack.
syn: attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm
Are they now running the embassy because they are in control? If so, then that would be seizing it...No source has said that...However, it has been reported that they did storm the embassy—in an attempt to seize Assange.
I was not in any way diminishing the severity of what may have happened if they did in fact storm the embassy (I hope they did not). It is wrong, Kerry is a scumbag, hope they don’t buckle.
BTW, the ACTUAL tweet reads: Reports the Brits STORM the Ecuadorian Embassy tonite while Kerry demands the UK revoke their diplomatic status so Assange can be SEIZED
You really need to read what I was saying and to whom I was saying it before accusing me of sophistry—oh and consulting a dictionary would not be a bad idea either.
Again, the differences are academic at best. Only an inarticulate person or an attorney would pretend that here is the slightest difference between stormed and seized.
Armed men kick down the door and take what they want, kidnapping someone. And there you are, carefully explaining how that doesn’t mean the embassy was “seized”.
And I couldn’t care less if you resent it. It sounded ignorant Poindexter.
“Are they now running the embassy because they are in control? If so, then that would be seizing it”
If they walked in the door, and were in charge, for however short of a time, as in “everybody get your hands up, where’s assange?”.
That’s a seizure. Departure a few minutes later doesn’t change that.