Re: Hitler and Recent Threads

As much as I'd like to get into the details of Godwin's Law and Quirk's Exception, I'll leave it with a minor explanation. Quirk's exception essentially says that you can't say "Hilter! There, the threads over." It doesn't say anything about invoking Godwin's Law. Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual. Perhaps you could do a bit more reading on it. But the bottom line is, the thread HAS outlived its usefulness (if it ever had any) and, like discussions about religion or politics, is not going to change anyone's mind. And as they say, "Never argue with a fool. People will not be able to tell the differnce." --- Robert Cummings <robert@wocmud.org> wrote: > Godwin's law in no way states that that the argument has been lost. > Only > that the thread has outlived it's usefulness. Unfortunately your > invocation of Godwin's law forces it to fall under Quirk's > exception > which generally makes you the fool. > > Cheers, > Rob. > > > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 23:11, Mark wrote: > > I believe according to Godwin's Law, Mr. Cummings has now lost > the > > argument. > > > > > > > > That kind of thinking leads to things like Hitler :| > > > > > > ===== > > Mark Weinstock > > mark_weinstock@yahoo.com > > *************************************** > > You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to > fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. > > *************************************** > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > .---------------------------------------------. > | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | > :---------------------------------------------: > | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | > | fantastical creatures come to life and the | > | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | > `---------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== Mark Weinstock mark_weinstock@yahoo.com *************************************** You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *************************************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com