14 Oct
2002
14 Oct
'02
04:43
On Sunday 13 October 2002 12:50 pm, Rachel Greenham wrote:
Jon Clausen wrote:
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:31:28AM +0100, Rachel Greenham wrote:
Erk, he godwinated. Damn, that means the argument's lost :-P
That's not in the dictionary... explain please? :)
A piece of Usenet history... To invoke "Godwin's Law" is to make a comparison to Hitler or the Nazis in an inappropriate and desperate attempt to prove your argument. The person who does this automatically loses the argument.
http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usenet/guide/faq_godw.html
and
Thank you very much for reminding me what the name of this law is. I'd much rather be called a Windoze Looser than a Godwinite. STH