* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:31:46PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote:
> > * Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > i agree, now i dont like oranges, so should i hate nazis??
> > >
> > > oh look, a mention of the nazis, i declare this thread dead :p
> >
> > you do know that doesn't work, right?
> evidently ;)
>
> but was worth a try!!
actually, it's been proven not to work:
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6. "Hitler!" Ha! The thread is over!
Nope, doesn't work that way. Not only is it wrong to say that a
thread is over when Godwin's Law is invoked anyway (Usenet threads
virtually always outlive their usefulness), but long ago a corollary to
the Law was proposed and accepted by Taki "Quirk" Kogama ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called
"Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.
Sorry, folks. Nice try, though.
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iain
ps :D
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