Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:03:22 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] "Godwin's Law" & "Good Germans" was  Re: David Dance?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> ejablow at cox.net 10/26/2006 10:51:12 PM >>>
>
>On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Ted White wrote:
>
>> encouraging it, albeit that wasn't their intention.  I call people
who
>> take this position "Good Germans."
>
>Can we not invoke Godwin's Law?

1.  If so, how would you have Ted make his point?

2.  If the shoe fits...

And it fits me, I hate to say.

There is this to describe bad thrillers involving young womenn being
employed in the huge house on the hill to be the teacher of the strange
children  (or the like): "Had I But Known."

Lee's last outburst on this list was after I posted, what I thought, a
humopros comment explaining why we welcomed her back to this list... it
involved the inability of WSFAns to remember she had not been on the
list and how replying to her movie ticket requests directly to the list
wouldn't be sent to her; the tv show "Lost" was also referenced.  It's
in the archives.  I"m sure everyone who was here then recalls it, if not
I believe it's in that 6 page document apparently most of WSFA early
this year.

I have been kicking myself pretty much ever since then for not standing
up and saying, "Lee what are you talking about?  Keith has made no
comment on this list about what your claiming.  If he has made such to
you directly, please post it here.  Otherwise, you need to apologize to
Keith, on this list.  I will not have my words falsely used to attack
someone."

I have no idea if such a posting would have changed things, but you
know, I wouldn't be wearing the "Good German" shoes... and they ae
painful.

This is said knowing that each of us had honest thoughts - and actions
- on how to "solve" the mess.  Hindsight is so 20/20 .

Let us try to learn from this, though I hope this never happens again.

mjw