Hi Keith,
Thanks for the info - and congratulations, you've just coined
a tautology. Sam Hill is a euphemism for Hell. As to the philology of its
origins, that would probably take up more space than did the recent
discussion of Fahrenheit 9/11
Regards,
Bob.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Godwin's Law, for those that don't know.
> Hi Bob
>
> >Forgive me,
>
> Certainly...
>
> >but what the Sam Hill is Godwin's Law?
>
> 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. 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.
> http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g.html
>
> Who the hell is Sam Hill? :-)
>
> regards
>
> Keith
>
>
> >Bob.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tyler Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com>; <biofuel@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:16 AM
> >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Godwin's Law, for those that don't know.
> >
> >
> > > I believe there's a corollary that says that deliberately invoking
> >Godwin's law to kill a thread doesn't actually work...
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bob Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Jun 29, 2004 10:03 AM
> > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [biofuel] Godwin's Law, for those that don't know.
> > >
> > > http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g/Godwin_s_Law.html
> > > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/
> > >
> > > OK, the MIchael Moore thread is over, I killed it!
>
>
>
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