*sigh* Maybe we should rename this to the Pedantic Discussions Mailing List.
2008/9/29 John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> 2008/9/28 John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >>>> >> >>>> >> Now Dave, that's just gratuitous and I'll have none of it. >>>> >> >>>> >> David Savage wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> > nazi nazi nazi nazi >>> >>> > >>> > Didn't work either. >> >> I tried. >> >> i guess this is a Godwin free zone. > > All Godwin's "law" really says is that "as a discussion thread lengthens, > the probability of someone being compared to Hitler or Nazis approaches > unity". > > By TRADITION, that usually means the thread has deteriorated to the point > there's no further useful discussion. ... and whoever interjected "nazis" is > the loser. > > But, IF you read the whole of Godwin's "law" and it's corollaries, you'll > find you can't just inject "nazis" into a thread merely for the purposes of > killing the discussion. > > See "Quirk's Exception". > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
