The process started out with a theory of syntax. This quickly became a theory of Government and Blinding. When he realised that people were beginning to worry about his sanity, he quickly produced the conservatively named Principalities and Parabolics theory, hoping no doubt that conservatives would like the name and stop criticising him, but, when he saw that people were getting the hang of this, he reacted by bringing out the Min Prog. This, it is believed consists of reducing the whole of grammar to the number six, from which everything else can be inferred. Unfortunately he is now facing a series of expensive lawsuits by one Douglas Adams who is reportedly claiming prior rights to the idea.
Semanticists work on the principle that everything is either true or false.
This is either true or not true. If it is true then the semanticists are right and it is true also in just that case that it is false. So, the semanticists are always right. Either way they are right. Spike dug himself a hole and put his foot in it.