Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Godwin's law - Nazis and Losers

A NYTimes article regarding the Conservative media's branding of Obama as a Nazi provided a link to this Wikipedia article. Godwin's Law is, in short, that in the terms of a debate, the first person to compare the subject of debate (or to just use any comparison) to fascism, Nazis, Nazism, or Hitler immediately loses the debate. The law also states that the longer an argument or debate proceeds, the more like someone involved will use such a comparison. Let's hope the ultimate fate of those who conjure such comparisons follows this law.




Godwin's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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