On 2 Sep 2008, at 08:06, Dave Land wrote: > On Aug 30, 2008, at 5:23 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > >> >> On 30 Aug 2008, at 23:48, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: >> >>> Even if you don't give a fuck about people with Down Syndrome, >>> remember that, not long ago, someone else started doing the >>> same thing, and he-who-should-not-be-mentioned-in-mailing-lists >>> began the pogrom by mass-murdering those with mental handicaps. >> >> I invoke Godwin's Law. You lose the argument. > > No. Godwin's Law does not allow you to win or lose arguments. It > merely states that this discussion is basically over. > > Cite please? Why yes, of course: > > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law "There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)[2] than others invented later.[1] For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's Law. " Definitions Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. - Richard Dawkins _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
