Re: Cowardly Russ Martin, Cringes Behind Curtain! ;-)

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From: chris.pando
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:55

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Publius Status wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:00:07 GMT, Randy Howard
> <randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> wrote:
>
> stuff cut out
>
> >> Mr. Martin's main defense against all accustations is that "I've got
> >> lots of people listening to me and I make lots of money - you don't."
> >> He is right.  Though seems like a German fellow named 'Dolf got lots
> >> of people listening to him as well.  Look what it did for Germany and
> >> the rest of Europe.
> >
> >Wow, instant thread-death from Godwin's Law.  That might be a
> >record.
>
> Well, I plead not guilty based upon a strict reading of the law.  I
> did not directly name the individual or his organization.  My
> contention is that in avoiding saying those name I did not invoke the
> provisions of Godwin's Law.

Godwin's law is like the concept of Immaculate Conception (as opposed
to Virgin Birth); it's usually misunderstood.

It has nothing to do with thread death, or the semantics of the
comparison.
It just states the longer a thread the closer to 1.0 the odds of a
mention
of mean mister mustache grow.

Chris

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Subject: Re: Cowardly Russ Martin, Cringes Behind Curtain! ;-)
Date: 2 Dec 2005 12:55:46 -0800
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