(August 25, 2015 at 8:44 am)mh.brewer Wrote:(August 25, 2015 at 12:17 am)c172 Wrote: In my mind, even the best posters can go south, and eventually be banned. A poster shouldn't (again, IMHO) be punished for a repper's banning.The phrase "going south" always makes me smile. In general, do you think this used as a reference to hell?
I think quite a few people regard the south as hell. At least, in the U.S. of the U.S. south.
But no, I don't think it is generally thought of literally as a reference to hell.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
