Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:30:07 -0600 From: icantthinkofone <icantthinkofone@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law Message-ID: <474CB68F.7090709@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <474C3D47.3010600@gmail.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCOECDCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <474C3D47.3010600@gmail.com>
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Andy Greenwood wrote: > 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" >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Lose is spelled L-O-S-E.
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