DIP74 - where is at?

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 09:37:27PM +0000, I SCREAM for ICECream via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 21:17:43 UTC, Jacob wrote:
> >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.
> 
> I don't know. Whenever someone runs out of arguments and is forced to
> go on the attack, Hitler seems to be the first insult people reach
> for. Thus once I see Hitler references pop up, I throw out that
> individual's credibility.  Solves bandwidth problems of who is worth
> listening to.
> 
> Some soul searching for you, is I'd refrain from such references as it
> only hurts your credibility. Not the one you sling it at.

Godwin's Law[1] has been invoked, boys and girls.  The game is now over.
Thanks for playing.  You may go home now.  Have a nice day.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law


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