Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:55:13 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you | From | "Eric Sandall" <> |
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Roger Luethi said: <snip> > I contend that quoting lawyer advice in a flamewar on a community list > should automatically invoke Godwin's law, and just to be on the safe > side, I let it be known that you all sound like a bunch of Nazis. EOT. > > Roger
FYI:
The Jargon Dictionary : Terms : The G Terms : Godwin's Law
Godwin's Law 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. However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
Pay special attention to that last sentence. :)
-Sandalle
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