DIP74 - where is at?

[Jacob via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 18:13:33 UTC, Ice Cream Overload 
wrote:
> 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.

It's only cliche if you aren't interested in the truth. It 
doesn't matter if I used Hilter or any other person that was 
"passionate" but wrong.

Hilter is just the greatest example and most obvious example. If 
you actually understand the issue, you would realize it has 
nothing to do with Hilter.