John Oliver wrote: > > NAZI! NAZI! NAZI! > > This thread is now dead.
*sigh* Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ 6. "Hitler!" Ha! The thread is over! Nope, doesn't work that way. Not only is it wrong to say that a thread is over when Godwin's Law is invoked anyway (Usenet threads virtually always outlive their usefulness), but long ago a corollary to the Law was proposed and accepted by Taki "Quirk" Kogama ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Quirk's Exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual. Sorry, folks. Nice try, though. Go forth, and sin no more. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
