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ben gill
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Date:
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:36:45 -0800 (PST)
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Re: [idm] pdm
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<20030106153645.84337.qmail@web20706.mail.yahoo.com>
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Wow! Finally, someone who makes sense! zzzz Ben --- SE/30 <grindingbassline@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 9 lines it's called godwin's law (aka the "hitler rule") and> it's called godwin's law (aka the "hitler rule") and > even tho he intentionally brought it up, you > fell for the bait so i say you lose... now lets get > back to listening to spoon music and deleting > ebay postings... > > -=dave > >
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Godwin's-Law.html
quoted 49 lines Godwin's Law prov.> Godwin's Law prov. > > [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the > probability of a comparison involving Nazis or > Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many > groups that, once this occurs, that thread is > over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has > automatically lost whatever argument was in > progress. > Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the > existence of an upper bound on thread length in > those > groups. However there is also a widely- recognized > codicil that any intentional triggering of > Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending > effects will be unsuccessful. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ben gill" <gillette_foamy@yahoo.com> > To: <idm@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:02 PM > Subject: [idm] pdm > > > > Can anyone take that seriously anymore? Don't let > > that misanthrope corrupt a concept that stretches > back > > in time to the first biped. Or before. > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > --- seeklektek <eclectic@attbi.com> wrote: > > > Hitler. > > > > > > > > > .o0O}seeklektek{O0o. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > >
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