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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 02:07:06 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.#stopspammers#org
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> No he didn't. Godwin specifically refers to calling contributors in
> the thread nazis/nazilike, not to just mentioning them.
Oh, but it's long been extended beyond that. I'd agree with larry; any
mention of nazis is grounds for losing. Check out the jargon file entry:
Godwin's Law -- [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.
So really, we should end the entire thread. I don't see that happening any
time really soon though. :)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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