Godwin Ruling

Graham!

Thanks for that exxtremely useful tip. I was not
familiar at all with Godwin and so I went and looked it
up and found there is a well-written FAQ on the subject
which people can look at.

Rather interesting, actually...

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/

Thi above fact includes the following, which I think is
kind of a Robert's Rules for discussion groups:

> o If someone brings up Nazis in general conversation when it
> wasn't necessary or germane without it necessarily being an
> insult, it's probably about time for the thread to end.

> o If someone brings up Nazis in general conversation when it
> was vaguely related but is basically being used as an insult,
> the speaker can be considered to be flaming and not debating.

> o If someone brings up Nazis in any conversation that has
> been going on too long for one of the parties, it can be used
> as a fair excuse to end the thread and declare victory for
> the other side.

I think these are EXCELLENT guidelines and so, by
virtue of these apparently well-known rules, I, as an
impartial third-party observer, declare these threads
over and John the winner. Congratulations, etc and
thanks to everyone who participated -- I found the
discussion fascinating.

- J

> From: X. J. Scott <xjscott@...>
> To: crazy <crazy_music@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 3:12 AM
> Subject: [crazy_music] Godwin Ruling
>
>

>
> I think these are EXCELLENT guidelines and so, by
> virtue of these apparently well-known rules, I, as an
> impartial third-party observer, declare these threads
> over and John the winner. Congratulations, etc and
> thanks to everyone who participated -- I found the
> discussion fascinating.

Jeff, congratulations to *you* for handling this so well.
It's good to see that the practicalmicrotonality list has
grown up at least a little bit.

-monz
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"X. J. Scott" wrote:> o If someone brings up Nazis in any conversation that
has

> > been going on too long for one of the parties, it can be used
> > as a fair excuse to end the thread and declare victory for
> > the other side.
>
> I think these are EXCELLENT guidelines and so, by
> virtue of these apparently well-known rules, I, as an
> impartial third-party observer, declare these threads
> over and John the winner. Congratulations, etc and
> thanks to everyone who participated -- I found the
> discussion fascinating.
>
> - J
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