At 03:43 PM 1/31/2005 +1100, Skyring wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:01:48 -0800, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca>
wrote:
But this is exactly what I was disagreeing with;
the comparison of the
Gestapo to heavy-handed admins is emphatically not appropriate.
And I suppose you think the soupnazi episode in Seinfeld was about
mass murder?
Never seen it but I presume that it wasn't. However, Seinfeld is a
_comedy_. Inappropriate comparisons are a staple of such.
Get real. Trying to read more into a statement than
was
ever put into it, especially where the original poster denies the
interpretation, is just plain stupid.
The point I was arguing with him was whether the comparison was taking
place at all, which he was denying even as he made more of them. But yes,
continuing this argument is indeed pretty stupid at this point. That's why
I quit it several days ago.
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