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To: af_vet_rr; exmarine
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.

936 posted on 01/22/2004 11:56:16 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
Well since "Goodwin" says so (and we know he represents all truth), and it's mysteriously called a "law," as if it is on a par with the Law of Contradiction, what is one to say except, "Whoa dude".
1,035 posted on 01/22/2004 12:36:03 PM PST by exmarine ( sic semper tyrannis)
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