On Wednesday 11 January 2006 03:06 pm, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > I think once we've got to the stage of UK (and AU) vs US spelling, I can
> > > invoke "Godwin's Law"[1] hereby ending the discussion completely and
> > > immediately ;)
> > >
> > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
> >
>
> I took the spelling of words as being a "good enough" reason to invoke
> Godwin's Law, and hence posted it "after the comparison occurred". I
> did not, in fact, raise the comparison of iou to ou just to raise
> Godwin's Law, and therefore my invocation should not be unsuccessful.
>
Except Godwin's Law needs references to either Hitler or the Nazis in general
to be invoked, and neither of those topics have been covered yet in this
thread, you jack-booted, goose-stepping SS thug!!! :-)
There. NOW you can invoke Godwin's Law. Although, to actually give this post
SOME relevance to the original thread, will using Saviour Linux on your
computer assure it of going to Electronic Heaven when it finally dies???
0:-)
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Eric Bliss
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*sigh* We clearly need to fix Wikipedia - you cannot 'invoke' Godwins law. It's more of an observation. Godwins law is like a 'law' of physics. When two planets crash into each other no one 'invokes' the law. It's two natural forces, beyond the control of any one person interacting. He was merely noting the nature of the universe, not creating a new piece of Intar-web legislation.
So, apart from me pretending to be bent out of shape, that is all true. Thus, ´invoking' Godwins law is like saying, 'Ahh, the water is 100C, I invoke boiling!'. Saying something had no perceivable effect on the situation.
=)
heh,
Joshua
