And Now, Godwin's Law (was Re: Databases on removable drives)

[Oren Beck]

On Nov 16, 2007 11:53 AM, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- James Sissel <jimsissel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Has this post gone on long enough to mention
> > Nazis yet?  ;)
>
> Godwin's Law is merely an expression of the percentage
> chance of when Hitler will be mentioned in a long
> argument (the length of the argument is directly
> proportional to the percentage chance of Nazis/Hitler
> being mentioned), and has nothing whatsoever to do
> with when the argument ends and/or who won the
> argument.
>
> However, in conventional usage, Godwin's Law
> traditionally has a "he who smelt it dealt it"
> approach to the "winner" of such an argument, in that
> the person who mentions Nazis/Hitler first is declared
> completely wrong, regardless of the validity of
> anything they have actually said.  This of course
> means that Socialized medicine is good for everyone,
> and all the other government assistance programs are
> good for us as well.  ;-)
>
>
Since you invoke  the Godwin name let me introduce the Godwin to read
deeper.

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Godwin.htm

Would that our world reconsider HIS discourses as anodyne to what we suffer
now.
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