On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:50:41PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:36:33PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > > > > > Personally I find this request unreasonable. > > > Not unlike if Germans ask everyone not to mention Nazi's ever again. > > > > Um, duh, Godwin? > > Godwin said nothing of the sort. > > http://ursine.ca/jargon/html/G/Godwins-Law.html
First, I didn't say "never" -- I said "in polite company". Second, (the weaker, non-never but merely advisory) statement is implied: otherwise why would such a law have ever been needed? You could just as well draw *many* other conclusions about threads as they grow in length; why is *this* one of particular interest, and why do people respect it? Thirdly, the spirit of what I asked was "be nice." The actuality of whether or not you actually express the concept "KKK" is immaterial -- it is a conscious choice for you to "be nice" -- or not. When I said "cognitive processes preceding such utterances", it means "stop looking for monsters in the world." That's what *they* did. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
