Re: Boulder Pledge
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:57:00AM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 23:19, Cran Tindle-May wrote:
> > I'm not sure, but mabey nobody mentioned nazis yet? Fear not, for
> > now that I have, this discussion can RIP :)
>
> Actually, they did. This thread is unstoppable...
To quote the Jargon File:
"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."
Which is really too bad. This thread has lasted far, far too long!
Note that Godwin's law, according to the Jargon File, really states
that "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a
comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." Has anyone made
such a comparison yet, or have people only just mentioned Nazis (as
the grandparent of this post did)? If the latter, this thread is
coming really close to being a counterexample to Godwin's law - ie. an
infinitely long thread in which nobody is compared to the Nazis...
Matthew
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