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![]() "jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? |
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"Joe" wrote in message
... "jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? Yeah, and it came from the left liberal press and whatever other source you can cite to discount the point based on your inability to argue the point. It happened during plenty of other periods in history. |
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![]() "jps" wrote in message ... "Joe" wrote in message ... "jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? Yeah, and it came from the left liberal press and whatever other source you can cite to discount the point based on your inability to argue the point. It happened during plenty of other periods in history. Was I talking to you? |
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... Who gives a crap who you were talking to? You cannot argue the point, neither can the worm. |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:37:06 GMT, "Joe" wrote:
"jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? I don't believe it does. My understanding is that Hitler must be mentioned by name to invoke Godwin's law. Mark E. Williams |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:52:03 -0600, Maynard G. Krebbs
wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:37:06 GMT, "Joe" wrote: "jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? I don't believe it does. My understanding is that Hitler must be mentioned by name to invoke Godwin's law. Mark E. Williams It's unfortunate that so few people are familar with (and observe) Mike Godwin's convention, commonly referred to as "Godwin's Law." Briefly, Godwin's Law goes like this: 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. The first part is Godwin's Law, while the second part can be thought of as a sort of "Godwin's Rule." (Jargon File) Joe Parsons |
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Joe Parsons wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:52:03 -0600, Maynard G. Krebbs wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:37:06 GMT, "Joe" wrote: "jps" wrote in message 30s Germany? Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law? I don't believe it does. My understanding is that Hitler must be mentioned by name to invoke Godwin's law. Mark E. Williams It's unfortunate that so few people are familar with (and observe) Mike Godwin's convention, commonly referred to as "Godwin's Law." Briefly, Godwin's Law goes like this: 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. The first part is Godwin's Law, while the second part can be thought of as a sort of "Godwin's Rule." (Jargon File) Joe Parsons It's meaningless bullship. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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