Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
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From: Aryeh M. Friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Beastie's Law:
Any demand of a modification of FreeBSD or it's website
using political incorrectness as the justification is automatically
wrong.
Political Incorrectness is very subjective though.
It doesen't matter. What constitutes a Nazi comparison is also
very subjective. However, Godwin's law works anyway.
According to wikipedia (I am aware this isn't a real source) Godwin's
law is defined thusly.
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
The law isn't subjective at all. It specifically requires the comparison
of one of the points or platforms to those of Nazis or Hitler himself.
The comparison itself could be as oblique or subjective as you want, but
the fact is that it must DIRECTLY involve Nazis or Hitler.
However, I don't agree that the proposed Beastie's Law is subjective
either. It states that the person making the demands is using political
incorrectness as one of their points as to why the change should be
made. Whether or not everyone will agree on the political
(in)correctness of the proposed change is irrelevant.
Ted
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