>
> Boy am I glad I kept my mouth shut. I didn't realize that this was such an
> important part of this sort of discussion on UseNet. :-) (Of course, is it
> wise to appeal to fiction to prove your point?) <said shrugging> :-)
Its an old joke. It is that all argument threads descend until someone
calls someone else hitler or someone invokes objectivism or ayn rand.
so the corollary is that by saying hitler or ayn rand you can stop a
discussion. :)
-sv
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