On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 04:46, Doc Shipley wrote:
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> NAZI NAZI NAZI NAZI
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> HITLER HITLER HITLER HITLER
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> GODWIN'S FSCKING LAW!
Unfortunately, Godwin's law does not take effect if the "Hitler" clause
is invoked for the express ending of the thread.
Ref: The Jargon Dictionary
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.
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Christopher L McNabb
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Received on Sun Feb 23 2003 - 13:27:00 GMT