On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 11:40:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 18/08/00 16:14:43 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > One would like to believe things like this are just jokes or reaction > > to email nonsense..... > > But in reality Hitler killed over 6 million people ... thats six million > > and I find no humour in this what so ever.... > > I 'm definately not a nazi > > And I hope you dont share Hitler's fate......... > > Whats the plan then, post this message once for every one of those 6 million? > > Sorry, that may have been insensitive as well - anyway, I believe that > comment was posted to signify an end to the discussion, based on the law of > mailing lists the name of which I can't remember, which states something like > anytime nazi's or Hitler is brought into the discussion all worthwhile > discussion on the topic has long since ended. > > I cant remember the name or the exact wording, but its something that people > often quote...
>From the Jargon File (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/) 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. Cheers, Hans -- Hans Veneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.TV-99-AD.com/hans/ http://TechnoTourist.org/
