Read the fine print, Mr. Smith is certainly correct...
zscoundrel
zscoundrel at kc.rr.com
Thu Jun 6 20:00:24 CDT 2002
<blatant topic redirection>
Hey, anybody (besides me) following the world cup matches?
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Dustin Decker wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, DCT Jared Smith wrote:
>
>
>>"However there is also a widely-recognized codicil that any
>>intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its
>>thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful."
>>
>>-Jared
>>
>
> From: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/
>
> 6. "Hitler!" Ha! The thread is over!
>
> Nope, doesn't work that way. Not only is it wrong to say that a
> thread is over when Godwin's Law is invoked anyway (Usenet threads
> virtually always outlive their usefulness), but long ago a corollary to
> the Law was proposed and accepted by Taki "Quirk" Kogama
> (quirk at swcp.com):
>
> Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called
> "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.
>
> Sorry, folks. Nice try, though.
>
>
> /me wanders off to do something completely worthless with his time...
> Dustin
>
>
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