Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-19 Thread Tan Xuan You
> [snip] > > As for Winston Churchill, he'd have probably been too drunk to write > it anywhere logical... would probably have missed the paper and > written it on the tablecloth instead, then wondering why Lady Astor > was chuckling to herself at the other side of the Commons Canteen. > Sean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Jeff Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS Upon raising this issue on Ubuntu Users list recently, I was amazed > to see how many dozens of highly-charged comments there were on the > subject. Only to be lampooned for raising the subject, I see today > someone post

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Jeff Fisher
Jeff Fisher wrote: > Lack of comment equals lack of influence - the consequence of which is chaos! and forgot to include: PS Upon raising this issue on Ubuntu Users list recently, I was amazed to see how many dozens of highly-charged comments there were on the subject. Only to be lampooned for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Jeff Fisher
W. Canis wrote: [snip] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law > > Thanks for the link. One is never finished with learning. > But you are shooting with cannon on sparrows. > > Have fun, Communication requires that all parties understand a common language that is exchanged. It is not a point

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Wolf Canis
Alan Pope wrote: > As you've probably figured out from Godwins Law wiki page, as soon as > you start talking about WW2/Nazis you lose the argument. Quote from the FAQ: Godwin's Law FAQ -or- "How to post about Nazis and get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 17:16 +0200, Wolf Canis wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 15:08 +0200, Wolf Canis wrote: > >> leads, is, I think, known. Ignorance starts always in small steps and > >> after a while you have a really worse situation. The worst example is > >> surely WW2. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-18 Thread Wolf Canis
Alan Pope wrote: > On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 15:08 +0200, Wolf Canis wrote: >> leads, is, I think, known. Ignorance starts always in small steps and >> after a while you have a really worse situation. The worst example is >> surely WW2. Alan please, do you don't think that the quote is now a little bi