On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 09:37:27PM +0000, I SCREAM for ICECream via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 21:17:43 UTC, Jacob wrote: > >On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 18:13:33 UTC, Ice Cream Overload wrote: > >>On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 12:16:26 UTC, Jacob wrote: > >>>On Monday, 12 October 2015 at 19:35:33 UTC, Ice Cream Overload wrote: > >>>>[...] > >>> > >>>Passion or not, > >>> > >>>"If you are wondering why I'm inflammatory, here you go. You are > >>>pulling me the old prove a negative trick. You have good evidence > >>>that DIP25 is good design ? Good, because I have none. And that's > >>>my proof. As long as I have no evidence that DIP25 is good, DIP25 > >>>is bad." > >>> > >>>That statement shows a lot of arrogance. > >>> > >>>It he not really just saying "I have no clue if X is true, but > >>>since I don't know, I'll just assume it's false and assume you are > >>>wrong.". > >>> > >>>That's not very logical. Why wouldn't he just as well assume X is > >>>true? > >>> > >>>The fact is, he can't and shouldn't make such statements about X if > >>>he has no "evidence" about it. > >>> > >>>Instead, wouldn't the proper approach be to discuss, learn, and > >>>share what one things in a positive way so everyone can learn about > >>>X and reach a more intelligent understanding of it? > >>> > >>>Hilter was very passionate too, are you saying he was right? > >> > >>Since you brought up the Hilter reference, it's useful to mention > >>that he was successful because people blindly followed him and his > >>actions... > >> > >>But really...do we always have to resort to Hitler references when > >>discussing disagreements? Seems very cliche. > > > >It's only cliche if you aren't interested in the truth. It doesn't > >matter if I used Hilter or any other person that was "passionate" but > >wrong. > > > >Hilter is just the greatest example and most obvious example. If you > >actually understand the issue, you would realize it has nothing to do > >with Hilter. > > I don't know. Whenever someone runs out of arguments and is forced to > go on the attack, Hitler seems to be the first insult people reach > for. Thus once I see Hitler references pop up, I throw out that > individual's credibility. Solves bandwidth problems of who is worth > listening to. > > Some soul searching for you, is I'd refrain from such references as it > only hurts your credibility. Not the one you sling it at.
Godwin's Law[1] has been invoked, boys and girls. The game is now over. Thanks for playing. You may go home now. Have a nice day. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law T -- "I'm not childish; I'm just in touch with the child within!" - RL
