DIP74 - where is at?

[Ice Cream Overload via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 12:16:26 UTC, Jacob wrote:
> On Monday, 12 October 2015 at 19:35:33 UTC, Ice Cream Overload 
> wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Passion or not,
>
> "If you are wondering why I'm inflammatory, here you go. You 
> are pulling me the old prove a negative trick. You have good 
> evidence that DIP25 is good design ? Good, because I have none. 
> And that's my proof. As long as I have no evidence that DIP25 
> is good, DIP25 is bad."
>
> That statement shows a lot of arrogance.
>
> It he not really just saying "I have no clue if X is true, but 
> since I don't know, I'll just assume it's false and assume you 
> are wrong.".
>
> That's not very logical. Why wouldn't he just as well assume X 
> is true?
>
> The fact is, he can't and shouldn't make such statements about 
> X if he has no "evidence" about it.
>
> Instead, wouldn't the proper approach be to discuss, learn, and 
> share what one things in a positive way so everyone can learn 
> about X and reach a more intelligent understanding of it?
>
> Hilter was very passionate too, are you saying he was right?

Since you brought up the Hilter reference, it's useful to mention 
that he was successful because people blindly followed him and 
his actions...

But really...do we always have to resort to Hitler references 
when discussing disagreements? Seems very cliche.