Re: OT: America's Army
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:21:52PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote:
> * Hugh Saunders (hugh@mjr.org) wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:31:46PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote:
> > > * Hugh Saunders (hugh@mjr.org) wrote:
> > > > i agree, now i dont like oranges, so should i hate nazis??
> > > >
> > > > oh look, a mention of the nazis, i declare this thread dead :p
> > >
> > > you do know that doesn't work, right?
> > evidently ;)
> >
> > but was worth a try!!
>
> actually, it's been proven not to work:
>
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> 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@swcp.com):
>
> Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called
> "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.
>
> Sorry, folks. Nice try, though.
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who said my invocation was intentional?
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hugh
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