From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 15:52:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDFA16A41B for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from mtai04.charter.net (mtai04.charter.net [209.225.8.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85A413C4F3 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mtai04.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20071127155240.PDYE10863.mtai04.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net>; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:40 -0500 Received: from agreenftp.no-ip.com ([97.89.174.47]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071127155240.GFCT17353.aarprv04.charter.net@agreenftp.no-ip.com>; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agreenftp.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51F903980F; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from agreenftp.no-ip.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zeus.agreenftp.no-ip.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id No2UO7h1Lggi; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from hercules.nuvox.net (216.215.202.5.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: andy) by agreenftp.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 634A13980B; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:37 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at agreenftp.no-ip.com Message-ID: <474C3D47.3010600@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:52:39 -0500 From: Andy Greenwood User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071101) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD chat Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:52:52 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Aryeh M. Friedman [mailto:aryeh.friedman@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:20 PM >> To: Ted Mittelstaedt >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; FreeBSD chat >> Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >>> Beastie's Law: >>> >>> Any demand of a modification of FreeBSD or it's website >>> using political incorrectness as the justification is automatically >>> wrong. >>> >> Political Incorrectness is very subjective though. >> > > It doesen't matter. What constitutes a Nazi comparison is also > very subjective. However, Godwin's law works anyway. > According to wikipedia (I am aware this isn't a real source) Godwin's law is defined thusly. As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. The law isn't subjective at all. It specifically requires the comparison of one of the points or platforms to those of Nazis or Hitler himself. The comparison itself could be as oblique or subjective as you want, but the fact is that it must DIRECTLY involve Nazis or Hitler. However, I don't agree that the proposed Beastie's Law is subjective either. It states that the person making the demands is using political incorrectness as one of their points as to why the change should be made. Whether or not everyone will agree on the political (in)correctness of the proposed change is irrelevant. > Ted > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >