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Re: OT:Thanksgiving - GODWIN'D

2007-12-04, 7:55 am

In article <l4j9l3133onphi1gsafshcl21lskpp7402@4ax.com>,
Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:40:11 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com () wrote:
>
>
>By that definition, Jack The Ripper, Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo and
>Bonnie Parker were
>not criminals, nor was Adolph Hitler a war criminal.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/Godwins-Law.html :

--begin quoted text

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.

--end quoted text

Better luck next time, Mr Wagner!

DD

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