Re: Comparison of philosophical languages
| From: | Peter Clark <peter-clark@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 22:14 |
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On Tuesday 21 January 2003 08:41 am, Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work wrote:
> Yitzik wrote:
> > Sounds Nazi.
>
> Aaah. I was waiting for that one. It isn't a REAL flamewar
> until someone makes a Nazi reference. How does that old
> flamewar rule go again?
Godwin's Law (from the Jargon Files): "[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."
:Peter