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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Formosa's Law</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="forked.html" title="forked"/><link rel="next" href="Fortrash.html" title="Fortrash"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Formosa's Law</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="forked.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Fortrash.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Formosas-Law"/><dt xmlns="" id="Formosas-Law"><b>Formosa's Law</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>&#8220;<span class="quote">The truly insane have enough on their plates without us adding
to it.</span>&#8221; That is, flaming someone with an obvious mental problem
can't make it any better. Most often cited on <a href="news:alt.usenet.kooks" target="_top">alt.usenet.kooks</a> as a reason
<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> to issue a Kook-of the-Month Award; often cited as
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