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Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:27:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Brendan Powell Smith writes:

> Maybe Hitler was a super-intelligent man whose intellect so far outshined
> ours that we could not see that his plans for the world were actually
> perfectly good in his the grand scheme of things, and killing 6 million Jews
> was, if you knew all that Hitler did, somehow a good thing.

Bzzt!!!!! (1)  Darn. You were winning, too. It's a darn shame.

Well, at least the thread is over, anyway.

1 - half in jest, we subscribe to Godwin's law here:
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g/Godwin_s_Law.html (2) ... or at least
we say we do because it's fun...
2 - not the only Jargon Dictionary ref, in fact not the definitive one, just
the first one that Google found for me.



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  Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
 
(...) Yep, I'm with Larry here--using the H-word is like dropping the H-bomb--End Of Discussion... Move along, move along... nothing to see here... it's over ;) We now return you to your regularly scheduled debate. So how do people pronounce (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
 
(...) Ah, you caught me. @8^) I was trying to sneak out of continuing this debate. By mentioning the H-man, I thought I could end it having still gotten in the last word(1). Alas, not everyone recognizes Godwin's Law around here(2). -Rev. Smith (1) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) I don't think it makes sense to speak of things being objectively significant or insignificant. I consider myself of extreme significance to me, though. (...) Sure, there could be, but if my finite mind can't begin to grasp it, then how can (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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