--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mar 1, 2007, at 8:15 PM, peterklutz wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > [mercy snip] > > > > > > > >> ... I'm typically not real keen on people who are against > > > >> universal tolerance and who are anti-Masons, bigots or wild > > > >> conspiracy theorists. But you do see a lot of that more and > > > >> more here, whether it's a Neo-Nazi or a TM-Nazi. > > > > > > > > Godwin's Law: > > > > > > > > "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability > > > > of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." > > > > > > > > Meaning: > > > > > > > > 1: ... overuse of the Hitler/Nazi comparison should be > > > > avoided, as it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. > > > > > > > > 2: ... once such a comparison is made, the thread is > > > > finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has > > > > automatically "lost" > > > > > > > > SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law > > > > > > Godwin obviously never met a TM Nazi. > > > > > > Non sequitur. > > > > Sigh. > > One point the Wikipedia article doesn't mention: > When such a comparison is made inappropriately, > as here, it virtually always indicates the person > who makes it is near desperation. >
That's kind of inherent in "overuse" and "thread is finished."
