alt.war.vietnam

Formosa's law

Formosa's law is an unofficial rule of Usenet groups, coined by
David Formosa, that states, "The truly insane have enough on
their plates without us adding to it." That is, flaming someone
with an obvious mental problem can't make it any better. Mr
Formosa first came up with this rule for the net abuse
newsgroups, which had many trolls and spammers, but also many
people who got into trouble for not understanding or being able
to deal with others effectively.

It is common, both on the Internet and in real life, to seek
amusement by ridiculing people who spout bogus nonsense or
engage in silly behavior, on the basis that they have
effectively invited this ridicule by their own overt behavior,
usually some combination of stupidity, hypocrisy, and
pomposity, but in any case behavior that they presumably have
control over. However, in some cases, the behavior is the
result of actual mental illness or dysfunction, rather than
mere boneheadedness or intentional misconduct. Formosa's law
states that if someone's weird behavior is caused by an actual
pathology, it is inappropriate for others to increase their
suffering by adding ridicule. Instead, ridicule should be
reserved for people who know better than to engage in their
improper conduct.

--
Nigel Brooks


wrote in message news: $ @trndny01...
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> Sorry son, but no such facts are established and never will be until all
> documents are declassified.
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> Futhermore, the claim that the ICBMs where not in DEFCON 1, means the door
> was wide open for a Russian first strike. Period.
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> Anyone making that claim is a complete idiot. How come your right wingers
> keep doing it?
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> In < @ >, on 09/11/2007
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> at 07:06 PM, Dai Uy said:
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>>In article ,
>> Mac wrote:
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>>> The discussion regarding the DefCon status of the United States during
>>> the Cuban Missile Crisis is now closed.
>>> Little Mr. Eddie has NOT provided any proof of his position.
>>> Several veterans have challenged him and provided citations asserting
>>> that the United States did not go above DefCon 2 during that time.
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>> Mac,
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>> This exchange has been going on for months.
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>> Two facts have been clearly established;
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>> (1) The US did not go to DEFCON-1 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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>> (2) Ed Letourneau displays an obvious mental problem.
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>> Further discussion will not change the first fact, and will only
>>exacerbate the second.
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>> -Dai Uy sends
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>>Formosa's law
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>>Formosa's law is an unofficial rule of Usenet groups, coined by David
>>Formosa, that states, "The truly insane have enough on their plates
>>without us adding to it." That is, flaming someone with an obvious
>>mental problem can't make it any better. Mr Formosa first came up with
>>this rule for the net abuse
>>newsgroups, which had many trolls and spammers, but also many people who
>>got into trouble for not understanding or being able to deal with others
>>effectively.
>
>>It is common, both on the Internet and in real life, to seek amusement
>>by ridiculing people who spout bogus nonsense or engage in silly
>>behavior, on the basis that they have effectively invited this ridicule
>>by their own overt behavior, usually some combination of stupidity,
>>hypocrisy, and
>>pomposity, but in any case behavior that they presumably have control
>>over. However, in some cases, the behavior is the result of actual
>>mental illness or dysfunction, rather than mere boneheadedness or
>>intentional misconduct. Formosa's law states that if someone's weird
>>behavior is caused by an actual pathology, it is inappropriate for
>>others to increase their suffering by adding ridicule. Instead, ridicule
>>should be
>>reserved for people who know better than to engage in their improper
>>conduct.
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