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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 (...) (22 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) (...) (22 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 (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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