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Bob Officer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 00:21:59 +0000, in alt.astrology, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dee) wrote: > > >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. > > Or in some cases X, Y and Z. Yeah, yeah. Bee/bonnet... > >> >> 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 ;-) > > How did I get so lucky? You worked at it?
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