Looking at it in a Different Way

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

— Katherine Graham

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From the August 3, 2012, issue of The Week.

Gone in a Flash

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

— Don Herold

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This was circulated on Dan Galvin’s “Thought for the Day” Internet mailing list on August 1, 2007

The Extravagance of Constitional Rights

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

— Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993)

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This was a Thought for the Day disseminated in the September 25, 2006, “A Word a Day” from Wordsmith.

What Is Information?

Information isn’t wisdom. Information isn’t learning. If information were learning, you could be educated by memorizing the world almanac. If you did that, you  wouldn’t be educated. You’d be weird.

— David McCullough, author and historian

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This was circulated in a Powerquotes email on May 7, 2003.

Internet Commandment #4: Skitt’s Law

All this week we are featuring the 5 Internet Commandments that Make Use Of highlighted on February 27th. Click the link below to learn more about the Commandments.

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Skitt’s Law: Any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself.

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From Make Use Of‘s “5 Internet Commandments To Live By or Incur the Wrath of the Web (and a Note on Porn)” published on February 27, 2013.

Internet Commandment #3: Cohen’s Law

All this week we are featuring the 5 Internet Commandments that Make Use Of highlighted on February 27th. Click the link below to learn more about the Commandments.

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Cohen’s Law:  Whoever resorts to the argument “whoever resorts to the argument that… has automatically lost the debate” has automatically lost the debate.

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From Make Use Of”s “5 Internet Commandments To Live By or Incur the Wrath of the Web (and a Note on Porn)” published on February 27, 2013.

Internet Commandment #2: Godwin’s Law

All this week we are featuring the 5 Internet Commandments that Make Use Of highlighted on February 27th. Click the link below to learn more about the Commandments.

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Godwin’s Law:  As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.

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From Make Use Of‘s “5 Internet Commandments To Live By or Incur the Wrath of the Web (and a Note on Porn)” published on February 27, 2013.

Internet Commandment #1: Poe’s Law

All this week we are featuring the 5 Internet Commandments that Make Use Of highlighted on February 27th.  Click the link below to learn more about the Commandment.

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Poe’s Law: Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won’t mistake for the real thing.

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From Make Use Of‘s “5 Internet Commandments To Live By or Incur the Wrath of the Web (and a Note on Porn)” published on February 27, 2013.