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Re: [SLE] godwinate? (was;Re: [SLE] Top-posting is so Microsoftish)
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:43:17 -0400
- Message-id: <200210140043.17192.hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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
>
> http://www.killfile.org/faqs/godwin.html
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
> 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
>
> http://www.killfile.org/faqs/godwin.html
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
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