Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how scholars debate controversial issues
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:48:52 +0000
On 30/03/2007 21:05, Arthur Gershman wrote:
Dear Capt. Kirk,
According to Godwin's Law you lose the argument and the thread is over.
Best regards,
Art Gershman
Ben Zoma said: Who is wise? Those who learn from all people. Pirkei
Avot 4:1
What on earth is Godwin's law? According to the law of natural justice I
win, not least because I presented arguments which apparently destroyed
my opponent's position and he refused to attempt to answer my arguments.
Well, I have found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law, which also
states that "any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's Law will be
unsuccessful", so by invoking Godwin's law yourself you lose. Actually
it was not myself but Ben who first introduced the Nazis into this
thread, as I deliberately avoided attributing "a lie repeated often
enough becomes the truth" to a Nazi so that its impact would not be blunted.
Please stop calling me Capt. Kirk. The only title I accept is Mr, but
"Peter" is quite sufficient.