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Bob Officer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:18:04 +0100, in alt.astrology, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dee) wrote: > > >viveshwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Dee wrote: > >> > >> > >> > > What I'm complaining about is the stupid attempt to make a sacred > >> > > principle out of this piece of humbug called "Godwin's Law." And it's > >> > > not an attemept to blame it on anyone, it's just an observation. > >> > > >> > The Complaint Department is on the third floor. No wait, Sacred > >> > Principles has been moved to the Basement, due to the OverFlow. Just > >> > some directions. > >> > > >> > > (Watch closely; they're circling; which piranha will be the first to > >> > > strike?) > >> > > >> > Are those Nazi piranhas? ;-) > >> > > >> I'm afraid you're just a hopeless newbie, dee. Please read Godwin's > >> Law. You see, there's this ancient venerable Usenet taboo on the word > >> "Nazi". But we're not allowed to discuss it, because by doing that we > >> 'invoke" Godwin's Law, and that kills the thread. > > > >Don't you believe in reincarnation? > > Reincarnation is the keystone to the Hindu's caste system. The caste a > person is born to is dictated by their actions and attitude in their past > life. > > This insures, very logically, that power and wealth says concentrated in > the elite few, and the elite few are served by the less elite many. > > This makes as much sense as the divine right of kings in Europe. Or the divine right of Dubya. > >> But it seems that, as it said in that hopelessly feckless junk flick > >> "Hawaii" -- *"The_Gods_Are_Changing!* It was considered unnecessary in > >> that relentlessly banal non-discussion of Polynesian pseudo-culture to > >> mention *what* the Gods were changing in that particular case. Perhaps > >> it was their underwear. > > > >Lol! BTW, Blatant Digression = New Thread > > > >> But it seems overwhelming clear that, in this particular case, what the > >> Gods are undoubtedly changing is Godwin's Law. Clearly we need another > >> "law" -- perhaps one that states "whatever is forbidden on Usenet > >> automatically gets discussed endlessly". Let's call it "Bobo's Law". > > > >It's already called "Flogging a Dead Horse". > > Jesus, Viv wants to enshrine me... That's what _I_ thought. > How in the hell did this happen? Just lucky, I guess ;-)
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