Godwin's Law - Democratic Underground

Paragon

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Tue Dec-23-03 03:04 AM
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Godwin's Law

http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g/Godwin_s_Law.html

Godwin's Law
prov. (Usenet)

"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely-recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.

More here:
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Tue Dec-23-03 03:05 AM
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1. Still doesn't justify poor behavior

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Paschall

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Tue Dec-23-03 03:31 AM
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2. Mike...

Edited on Tue Dec-23-03 03:35 AM by Paschall

...it's time to add the Bush Era Corollary.

"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Taliban or Saddam approaches one."

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