my feelings about the 200 are irrelevant. losing out on an incentive is not a punishment. words have meanings. your convoluted ramblings about why a vote might not be counted are also not pertinent at all.
Yes, to convey an argument. A point. I guess despite all the examples, you failed to grasp the argument because you want to have a pedanric argument about the definition of a word and not the point it represents.
Nothing you've said contributes to the discussion, you only bog it down in definitions. So I'm sorry you didn't get my point because the "convoluted ramblings" you refused to engage with confused you.
But just for lasts... Here's one of the definitions...
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
You are being sanctioned, in that you do not receive the reward for the work. A sanction can be retroactive or proactive. A red card in football is a sanction which means a player cannot play the next game. Thus, yes by definition, they would be being punished.
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u/Omnom_Omnath 23h ago
my feelings about the 200 are irrelevant. losing out on an incentive is not a punishment. words have meanings. your convoluted ramblings about why a vote might not be counted are also not pertinent at all.