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On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:46:05 +0100, "John Mullen"
wrote: "Eliminate SPAM" wrote in message ... John - No need to apologize anymore - you just lost the argument yourself. As per newsgroups rules, the first person to have such weak support for their side as to have to stoop so low to invoke Hitler loses the entire thread. Pah! You got me on a technicality! As you say, this automatically renders the tendentious bull**** you came away with utterly correct. Ah well. No, not quite. The corollary to Godwin's law says that the first person to mention Hitler or the Nazis _loses_ the argument, but it doesn't say that the other participant(s) wins it. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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Mary Shafer wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:46:05 +0100, "John Mullen" wrote: "Eliminate SPAM" wrote in message ... John - No need to apologize anymore - you just lost the argument yourself. As per newsgroups rules, the first person to have such weak support for their side as to have to stoop so low to invoke Hitler loses the entire thread. Pah! You got me on a technicality! As you say, this automatically renders the tendentious bull**** you came away with utterly correct. Ah well. No, not quite. The corollary to Godwin's law says that the first person to mention Hitler or the Nazis _loses_ the argument, but it doesn't say that the other participant(s) wins it. Mary Indeed. It takes a real dork to imagine anyone could 'win' anything on Usenet anyway. I wish this silly war could be over and we could all go back to arguing about WW2 and Nam again. It was so much nicer. BTW where is Tarver these days? John |
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