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Re: Wench as a word
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:47:08 GMT
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Larry,

Larry Pieniazek wrote:

It's not a real rule. Just a running joke.

Really? I remember I got flagged by it once, by you Larry, so is it real
here as well?

http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/g/godwinslaw.html
( a "low bandwidth suitable" version of the jargon file)

or
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Godwin's-Law.html
(the original... same content, different presentation)

If you want to call Guliani a Nazi that's fine by me. But I think NY would be
better served by him as senator, huge flaws and all, than by That Girl.

Indeed.

Not that he's that great of a choice. But NY politics is screwed up across the
board  and can't seem to nominate anyone any good. Even the LP got hijacked one
year into nominating Howard Stern, of all the bozos.

The LP party was the one who nominated Stern? Wow. That is interesting.
I remember he was running for something, but I don't remember what it
was for. Oh well, I guess every party has to have the Bob Dole / Michael
Dukakis / Trump / Ralph Nader / Ross Perot / Pat Buchanan candidate
every once in awhile. :)

Scott S.
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(...) It's not real here either. It's not real anywhere. However some newsgroup denizens do tend to view using hitler in an argument as a sign of weak rhetoric. That's been extended, in characteristic internet style, to be the joke of as soon as you (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) It's not a real rule. Just a running joke. See: (URL) a "low bandwidth suitable" version of the jargon file) or (URL) original... same content, different presentation) If you want to call Guliani a Nazi that's fine by me. But I think NY would (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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