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On Apr 9, 8:15*am, J a c k wrote:
fredsez wrote: Use a little reason and rational thought. Unless you, your self want to threaten people with harm, you have nothing to fear. If you want to aid and abet criminal activities, I would think of you as one of them. Rest easy and enjoy the best freedom of action and opportunities that are found no where else in the world. http://www.thirdreich.net/Thought_They_Were_Free.html Ooooh Godwin's Law! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Pete |
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vontresc wrote:
On Apr 9, 8:15 am, J a c k wrote: fredsez wrote: Use a little reason and rational thought. Unless you, your self want to threaten people with harm, you have nothing to fear. If you want to aid and abet criminal activities, I would think of you as one of them. Rest easy and enjoy the best freedom of action and opportunities that are found no where else in the world. http://www.thirdreich.net/Thought_They_Were_Free.html Ooooh Godwin's Law! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Yes, be sure and read it, esp. this: It is considered poor form to raise such a comparison arbitrarily with the motive of ending the thread. There is a widely recognized codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's law will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as "Quirk's Exception"). [....] However, Godwin's Law itself can be abused, as a distraction or diversion, that fallaciously miscasts an opponent's argument as hyperbole, especially if the comparisons made by the argument are actually appropriate. A 2005 Reason magazine article argued that Godwin's Law is often misused to ridicule even valid comparisons. Jack |
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On Apr 9, 6:55*am, J a c k wrote:
vontresc wrote: On Apr 9, 8:15 am, J a c k wrote: fredsez wrote: Use a little reason and rational thought. Unless you, your self want to threaten people with harm, you have nothing to fear. If you want to aid and abet criminal activities, I would think of you as one of them. Rest easy and enjoy the best freedom of action and opportunities that are found no where else in the world. http://www.thirdreich.net/Thought_They_Were_Free.html Ooooh Godwin's Law! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Yes, be sure and read it, esp. this: * *It is considered poor form to raise such a comparison arbitrarily * *with the motive of ending the thread. There is a widely recognized * *codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's law * *will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as "Quirk's * *Exception"). * *[....] * *However, Godwin's Law itself can be abused, as a distraction or * *diversion, that fallaciously miscasts an opponent's argument as * *hyperbole, especially if the comparisons made by the argument are * *actually appropriate. A 2005 Reason magazine article argued that * *Godwin's Law is often misused to ridicule even valid comparisons. Jack Oh Dear God! What other laws exist? Did I do wrong to add information? Did I have an evil intent in the post? Authors in many publications do not get read by me...I fly too much. I am on my knees asking for forgiveness. Please set me straight. Use my personal e-mail and we might become friends. Fred. |
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