The so called Nazi clause is itself the invocation of Godwin's Law. Your reading skills are flawed or you could have determined this from the abounding literature available on the Web. Also there are many examples of Godwin's Law being invoked and subsequently Quirk's exception being raised. Thus said, having reviewed precedence, my usage of Quirk's exception is correct and contrary to your misunderstanding.
Admittedly now I'm wasting my time (big deal), the group's time (sorry all), but probably not your time. Future attempts to troll me into a retarded discussion of the merits of Godwin's law or any other off-topic fork from the original thread (regardless of how wrong you are -- which will more than likely be the case) will be met with silence. 'Nuff said. Cheers, Rob. On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:12, Mark wrote: > As much as I'd like to get into the details of Godwin's Law and > Quirk's Exception, I'll leave it with a minor explanation. Quirk's > exception essentially says that you can't say "Hilter! There, the > threads over." It doesn't say anything about invoking Godwin's Law. > > Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi > Clause" is ineffectual. > > Perhaps you could do a bit more reading on it. But the bottom line > is, the thread HAS outlived its usefulness (if it ever had any) and, > like discussions about religion or politics, is not going to change > anyone's mind. And as they say, "Never argue with a fool. People will > not be able to tell the differnce." > > > > --- Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Godwin's law in no way states that that the argument has been lost. > > Only > > that the thread has outlived it's usefulness. Unfortunately your > > invocation of Godwin's law forces it to fall under Quirk's > > exception > > which generally makes you the fool. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 23:11, Mark wrote: > > > I believe according to Godwin's Law, Mr. Cummings has now lost > > the > > > argument. > > > > > > > > > > That kind of thinking leads to things like Hitler :| > > > -- .---------------------------------------------. | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | :---------------------------------------------: | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | | fantastical creatures come to life and the | | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | `---------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
