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Even a moderated forum can fall to rot.....
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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