[PLUG] OT, FYI...IBM Layoff

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Wed May 29 15:30:59 UTC 2002


On Wed, 29 May 2002, Neil Anuskiewicz wrote:

> > I cry GODWIN on this thread:
> >
> > http://www.godwinslaw.com/
> 
> No, the spirit of Godwin's law states that one must invoke a comparison
> *not* merely the mention of Hitler. For example, if I said Jeme is like
> Hitler because he wants to do x, y and z, then you would be justified in
> invoking Godwin's law and I would take my punishment: fifty lashings with
> the unabridged version of _Stranger in a Strange Land_.

  Where's Russell Senior when we need him? This thread has wandered far
enough off-topic for me to request that you move it to PLUG-talk.

Thank you,

Rich





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