Failed attempt at humour - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law>No one was "targetted". In fact, I briefly debated having top posters be on the receiving end of the analogy, but since I myself am a top posting moron, that seemed a tad bit hypocritical. Are we now at the point where we can talk about something useful, or shall we turn this into a rendition of "Top 50 NLUG flamewars of the 2000s". Coming up after the break - vim vs. emacs, the GPLv2 vs. the BSD license, and a surprise celebrity appearance. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM, John R. Dennison <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:01:35PM -0500, Rob Huffstedtler wrote: > > > > People who complain about top posting are just like Nazis. Now that > > Godwin's law has come into play, can we please end this? > > Seriously? Nazis? Considering I am the one that initially > complained about top posting I feel I am targetted by this > statement whether you intended so or not and, I must admit, > I am more than a little offended. > > How about we check such comments and attitude at the door? > > > > > > John > -- > What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to > what lies within us. > -- Ralph Waldo Emerson >
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