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If it is not even public relation stunt - a idiotic one, by the way -
 it is even more nutty.

And it won't help you with debt hold by the ECB or the EFSF anyway.

by IM on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 12:07:51 PM EST
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From the distant American shores where I view this crisis, there is a whole lot of nuttiness.

Given my interactions here today, I am quite frankly stunned that some of the basics of the Greek debt problem are not known in Germany. For instance, how Greece entered the euro. And, whether Greece has really been in default over the years.

Now, I have yet another revelation. That the conversion of Greek loans in 2012 is not understood either.

by Upstate NY on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 12:26:47 PM EST
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What the hell are you talking about? Your theory how the conversion happened is rather weird. And I haven't said anything about how greece entered the euro (quite irrelevant now anyway) or where and when Greece was in default (even more irrelevant).
by IM on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 12:41:11 PM EST
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Did you not state below in reply to a question about Germany's haircut in 1953 that Greece also received a haircut?

You did.

by Upstate NY on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 12:44:06 PM EST
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Yes I did. And that is exactly true. So?
by IM on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 12:51:23 PM EST
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I'm done going round in round in circles. You just asked me how my point about conversion is relevant. Take it away. I'm done.
by Upstate NY on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 01:07:28 PM EST
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You haven't got a point, you know.
by IM on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 01:13:13 PM EST
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Not one you would acknowledge, at any rate.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 12:32:46 AM EST
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No, there is there there.
by IM on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 06:16:32 AM EST
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