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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Fri Oct 7 09:41:54 2022
    You have just provided proof for Godwin's law, as well as Dossche's Laws #4 and #17 on on-line discussions and communication:

    I think that a posting, that I made in one of my echoes circa 30 years ago, is still applicable.

    From the Troll's Handbook:

    Five ways to win every Fidonet argument.

    1. Continually move the goalposts.
    2. Make stuff up.
    3. Never admit fault.
    4. Ad hominem.
    5. Straw man.


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  • From Oleg Nazaroff@2:50/700 to Björn Felten on Fri Oct 7 11:11:52 2022
    ண ६窠, Bjrn Felten.
    ᠫ 07.10.22 9:41:

    I think that a posting, that I made in one of my echoes circa 30 years ago, is still
    applicable.
    From the Troll's Handbook: Five ways to win every Fidonet argument.

    The dispute between representatives of the occupation and liberation movements is doomed. In this context, the West is the occupier.
    By the way, Western mercenaries no longer hesitate to die in the uniform of their countries, at least they used to dress up in Ukrainian. Looks so-so.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Oleg Nazaroff on Sat Oct 8 23:28:56 2022
    Hello Oleg,

    I think that a posting, that I made in one of my echoes circa 30 BF>years
    ago, is still applicable. From the Troll's Handbook: Five BF>ways to win every Fidonet argument.

    The dispute between representatives of the occupation and liberation movements is doomed. In this context, the West is the occupier.

    Is it?

    UN Resolution 242, after the June 1967 [Yom Kippur] war, stressed
    the "inadmissability of the acquisition of territory by war." The
    resolution was adopted with reference to the territories Israel
    occupied in 1967, including the Golan.

    So what gives any other country the right to do the same as Israel?

    By the way, Western mercenaries no longer hesitate to die in the uniform of
    their countries, at least they used to dress up in Ukrainian. Looks so-so.

    Despite Israel's de facto annexation of East Jerusalem, Palestinians
    who live there were not granted Israeli citizenship. Since 1967, Israel
    has revoked the status of 14,000+ Palestinians, according to Israeli
    rights group T'salem.

    What does that say about an occupying power that treats the people
    who live in the area it invaded? Where do those people go, having no
    home to go to or place to stay?

    For Life,
    Lee

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