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In reference to Tommy misuse of Godwin:
Stop the argument! I'm invoking Godwin's Law! Sharon loses and RevKev Any member of this group can access last year's discussion about this when
Tommy tried to use it then. He was wrong then and is still wrong about
Godwin's law.
Do an advanced search of this group's messages. Type in only
"Godwin's" in the subject box, and you will get 14 hits.
Here is an excerpt from one of my posts ( # 11423):
Actually, I know a lot about Godwin ( http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html ),
and his perspectives are quite liberal. If you're going to invoke that
"law," you'll need to learn how to apply it: Sparingly ( http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ ).
Here is an excerpt from the second link above:
One of the most famous pieces of Usenet trivia out there is
"if you mention
Hitler or Nazis in a post, you've automatically ended whatever discussion you were taking part in". Known as Godwin's Law, this rule of Usenet has a long and sordid history on the network - and is absolutely wrong. This FAQ is an attempt to set straight as much of the history and meaning of Godwin's Law as possible, and hopefully encourage users to invoke it a bit more sparingly. Interestingly, Tommy uses Wikipedia when it serves his purposes. When
it doesn't, he accuses it of being too liberal.
Note also, Tommy is fond of calling people commies, pinkos, and
traitors.
Hamlet was right: "
Tikkum
Olam
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