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To: Physicist
I hereby invoke the Godwin clause.

As in the Godwin who was the father of Mary Shelley, the actual creator of "Frankenstein's Monster". How appropriate.

45 posted on 11/28/2001 1:05:35 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
No, the USENET Godwin.
46 posted on 11/28/2001 1:13:56 PM PST by BMCDA
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To: Physicist; Lucius Cornelius Sulla
I hereby invoke the Godwin clause.

This is slightly off topic so please indulge me for a moment. The Godwin Law and usenet terms as "troll", the meaning of which I am now learning after some years in the biz, and learning reluctantly I might add, since I prefer to remain not an insider, such terms and traditions seem to reflect the strict, inflexible mindsets of engineers and scientifically minded users who have dominated Usenet. (You have seen those, haven't you? I've seen these mindsets in the software engineers I've worked with, and who are we kidding, in myself as well. Professional hazards, you might say.) Paradoxically though, they (the terms and traditions) apply to behaviour patterns which have traditionally been best described by humanistic disciplines, psychology, sociology, literature.

And now I see these terms and insults being applied in that strict engineering manner with no room for any disagreement or negotiation. Which leads me to say Physicist, that in this particular discussion the references to Nazism fit like a glove and are being supported by specific historical references.

58 posted on 11/28/2001 3:30:31 PM PST by Revolting cat!
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