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 :|
> > 
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