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date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:31:30 +0100,
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Re: RFD: Replace Committee Permanent Members with Infrastructure Members
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:40:58 GMT, "John Briggs"
wrote:
>James Farrar wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:51:09 GMT, "John Briggs"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> James Farrar wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:40:34 GMT, "John Briggs"
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John Bean wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:23:18 GMT, "John Briggs"
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> You are not in a position to make an informed judgement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You seem to know everythin John, even down to my "position".
>>>>>
>>>>> "Supine", I would imagine.
>>>>>
>>>>>> John Briggs, fount of all knowledge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Funnily enough, that is one of my strengths.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do carry on making a fool of yourself, it's amusing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I repeat, what have you actually contributed on this point?
>>>>
>>>> Some facts.
>>>
>>> No, he has contributed a single link to a web-page.
>>
>> The two statements are equivalent when the web-page in question is the
>> definitive word on the subject.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why you have this bee in your bonnet.
>
>Because the web-page is wrong - it is peddling a myth.
They should know. If they assert it, it is true. Get with the
programme.
>And myths are never
>harmless. (For example, one theoretical basis of Fascism is the
>institutionalisation of the Myth.)
Ah, Godwin. Thank you.
date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:31:30 +0100
author: James Farrar
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Re: RFD: Replace Committee Permanent Members with Infrastructure Members
James Farrar wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:40:58 GMT, "John Briggs"
> wrote:
>
>> James Farrar wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:51:09 GMT, "John Briggs"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> James Farrar wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:40:34 GMT, "John Briggs"
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> John Bean wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:23:18 GMT, "John Briggs"
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> You are not in a position to make an informed judgement.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You seem to know everythin John, even down to my "position".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Supine", I would imagine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Briggs, fount of all knowledge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Funnily enough, that is one of my strengths.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do carry on making a fool of yourself, it's amusing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I repeat, what have you actually contributed on this point?
>>>>>
>>>>> Some facts.
>>>>
>>>> No, he has contributed a single link to a web-page.
>>>
>>> The two statements are equivalent when the web-page in question is
>>> the definitive word on the subject.
>>>
>>> What I don't understand is why you have this bee in your bonnet.
>>
>> Because the web-page is wrong - it is peddling a myth.
>
> They should know. If they assert it, it is true. Get with the
> programme.
You are presumably being ironic?
>> And myths are never
>> harmless. (For example, one theoretical basis of Fascism is the
>> institutionalisation of the Myth.)
>
> Ah, Godwin. Thank you.
Remarkably (or perhaps not), you have managed to get that wrong.
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John Briggs
date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:26:37 GMT
author: John Briggs
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