Re: THe OverRelational Manifesto (ORM)

Bob Badour wrote:
> JOG wrote:
>
> > paul c wrote:
> >
> >>Marshall Spight wrote:
> >>
> >>>...
> >>>I still don't like name-calling, though. I still think it's
> >>>intellectually
> >>>unnecessary, and I still think ad-hominem reasoning is
> >>>logically invalid.
> >>>...
> >>
> >>A grand comparison compared to narrow db interests I'll admit, but WWII,
> >>at least part of it, might not have happened if Neville Chamberlain had
> >>been into ad-hominem logic instead of religious politeness. [snip]
> >
> > This is a ludicrous over-simplification.
>
> The german military command were ready to cut Hitler's throat when he
> re-occupied the Rheinland. They were simply waiting for France and
> England to present a credible threat in response to Hitler's foolish
> provocation. France and England were too polite to respond.

To think that England and France did nothing merely because they were being 'polite' can only be described as ignorance (or disregard) of the complexities of the situation - France's general election, Britain's socio-economic situation, their political relationships with USSR, etc. ad infinitum. I defy you to find me any reputable historian who will state that Hitler's entry into the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland (hardly the first of his repudiations of the Versaille Treaty) and the terrible mistake of not responding to it was solely down to 'politeness' or perhaps being too busy drinking earl grey tea?

Honestly Bob, as an an analogy of how to respond to posters like neo this is way off. I have a great deal of respect of your knowledge of database theory - why don't we stick to that on c.d.t. Received on Fri Apr 21 2006 - 15:15:51 CEST