Okay... That's It... Godwin's Law Is Hereby Officially Revoked (You're Welcome)

Moi ^ | 9/1/09 | AnnaZ

[AnnaZ]

From wikipedia:

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)^[1] is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 which has become an Internet adage. It states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."^[2][3]

Godwin's Law is often cited in online discussions as a deterrent against the use of arguments in the widespread reductio ad Hitlerum form. The rule does not make any statement about whether any particular reference or comparison to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that the likelihood of such a reference or comparison arising increases as the discussion progresses. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued,^[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.

Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions,^[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.

So yes, basically, Hitler or Nazi references should always be avoided.

Until your leader starts talking about civilian armies.

Or has underlings who wish to disregard free speech or see it as a distraction.

And always -- always -- until they want to have a non-parentally-pre-approved conversation with your children.

Carry on!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Just in the nick of time, too (since we’re dealing with real Nazis for a change).

[usmcobra]

Bush’s fault!

[vadum]

I second that. Nazi comparisons are fair game (when appropriate).

[muawiyah]

Frankly, if there's the slightest chance a Nazi allusion is going to occur in the next ten posts on any thread, I hit it first!

Why waste a good trashing.

[Alex Murphy]

Does this mean I'll have to retire Irving's Law? What about that uncredited Irving's Law knock-off, Campion's Law?

[AnnaZ]

Let's have some fun here. I want more references. And graphics. Love the graphics.

;^)

[AnnaZ]

Hey, thanks for showing up... love your work.

= )

[Roscoe Karns]

Hermann Goering should have invoked Goodwin’s Law at Nuremberg. He woulda walked.

[AnnaZ]

LOL.

[AnnaZ]

OMG... I hadn't seen those laws before. Hilarious. (They're still safe. From me, at least.)

[AnnaZ]

Hahaha.

[Palladin]

Great post!

Godwin’s Law no longer applies. If it did, we would not be able to make Nazi analogies even when they are the most accurate and most applicable. IOW, we could not speak the truth.

See: Obama Administration.

[AnnaZ]

Great post!

Thanks, but I see from your tagline that you might have already been ahead of me. LOL.

[glock rocks]

[RJL]

Americans have killed fifty million babies since 1973.

Hitler as the ultimate bad guy could soon be replaced by the abortionists.

[Roscoe Karns]

[retrokitten]

ITA with your post. I don't have any Nazi graphics, but this could be Obamacare Cat:

[dalereed]

“Hermann Goering should have invoked Goodwin’s Law at Nuremberg. He woulda walked.”

Not a chance, a very good friend of mine, now deceased, ordered Nuremberg leveled and also came home with Goering’s silverware.

[boxlunch]

I had not heard about Obama’s speech to children. Very, very creepy. I think we can avoid Godwin’s law by comparing O to Stalin. I think it applies just just as much if not more.