on 7/27/02 7:49 AM, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net at newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
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> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:09:18 +0200
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] poutine [OT]
> From: Jon Glass <jonglass_at_mac.com>
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> on 7/27/02 1:37 AM, SuerthP_at_andersonnews.com at SuerthP_at_andersonnews.com
> wrote:
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>> there actually is some rule, akin to "murphy's law" type of thing that says
>> any thread is officially talked out when someone asks a question concern
>> some relationship between the thread topic and Hitler...IIRC, someone tried
>> to invoke this rule a while back by asking if hitler ate poutine... i guess
>> the rule doesn't always work... must be sj's reality distortion field.
>
> I think the idea is more that a thread will degenerate until the point that
> Hitler or Ayn Rand is invoked as a point in the argument. At this point, the
> thread dies a horrible, albeit natural death. The corollary is that if those
> names are invoked merely end the thread, then it won't work. So, the Hitler
> eating poutine post fell into this category, and therefore failed. :-) HTH
> --
> Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass_at_usa.net>
> <glasshaus5_at_aol.com>
>
> Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
Yes, that is true about the Hitler post. But, if you say: "Ayn Rand eat my
Poutine" then you've got a nuclear flame war as all the objectivists come
out of the woodwork en mass! :-)
Ron Silva
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