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Lionel wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:52:14 -0500, John Fields
> <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:04:49 +1000, Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:03:57 -0500, John Fields
>>> <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:10:14 +1000, Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:55:34 -0500, John Fields
>>>>> <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:43:27 +1000, Lionel <usenet@imagenoir.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:48:48 GMT, MassiveDrongo
>>>>>>> <MassiveProng@tinydickinthebaratheendoftheuniverse.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thus spake John Fields:
>>>>>>>>> Learned a few tricks from Adolph, have you?
>>>>>>>> Ooooh, nice way to slip in a Godwin...I think Lionel should be declared
>>>>>>>> Supreme Overlord of sci.electronics.design, considering that it seems to
>>>>>>>> be a fait accompli. Possibly even OOoKaTiSED, but that would be up to
>>>>>>>> Cujo.
>>>>>>> Danke. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And it's SwirlyBoi's 2nd Godwin - he compared me to Hitler a couple of
>>>>>>> days ago.
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Geez, it's so hard _not_ to!!!
>>>>> Yes, we've noticed. I can't even remember the last time one of my
>>>>> net-kooks lost by a Godwin, so you're kind of showing your age a
>>>>> little there, SwirlyBoi.
>>>> ---
>>>> You pose Hitleresque and then hide behind a Godwin when your ploy is
>>>> exposed?  That's the _weakest_ of defenses.
>>> I don't need a defence, Honeybunch - you Godwinned, you lost:
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law>
>>> ---
>>> There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion
>>> forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and
>>> whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate
>>> was in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as
>>> Godwin's Law. Thus Godwin's Law serves to impose an upper bound on
>>> thread length in general. It is considered poor form to raise
>>> arbitrarily such a comparison 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").
>>>
>>> Godwin's Law does not apply to discussions directly addressing
>>> genocide, propaganda or other mainstays of the Nazi regime. Instead,
>>> it applies to inappropriate, inordinate, or hyperbolic comparisons of
>>> other situations to Hitler or Nazis. However, Godwin's Law can itself
>>> also be abused, as a distraction or diversion, to fallaciously miscast
>>> an opponent's argument as hyperbole, especially if the comparison the
>>> argument made were actually appropriate.
>> ---
>> The abuse was precisely the point made in my query/statement that:
>> "You pose Hitleresque and then hide behind a Godwin when your ploy
>> is exposed?"
>>
>> Act not Hitleresque and the comparison _can't_ be drawn.
> 
> <golf clap>
> 
> I hereby nominate John Fields for Kook of the Month.
> 
> My god bless all who sail in her.
> 
John's kicking yer as$ and you revenge nominate. Loonel that's Beautius.
>