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Skriven 2013-10-09 11:32:56 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 10578 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Godwin's Law
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 Brer Ward Dossche wrote to Brer Roy Witt about Re: Godwin's Law:

 RW>> I snipped a long article written by Godwin himself to get to the
 RW>> chase of the matter.

 WD> Whatever you produce is not a verifiable source.

I saved this one for such an occasion:

 On Friday September 8th 2006, Mike Godwin's 16 year experiment was
 concluded and Godwin's Law was officially repealed by a popular vote
 among millions of individuals.

http://repealgodwin.tripod.com/

Some of the common reasons cited for the abolition were as follows:

Godwin's Law of Usenet (A.K.A. Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies) stated
that as an online discussion gets longer, the probability of a comparison
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 100%. Tradition holds that when that
happens, the thread is closed and whoever made the comparison has "lost"
the debate. The reason for this taboo, Godwin argued, is that using Nazi
comparisons where they don't literally apply robs valid literal
comparisons of their impact.

On Friday September 8th 2006, Mike Godwin's 16 year experiment was
concluded and Godwin's Law was officially repealed by a popular vote among
millions of individuals.

Some of the common reasons cited for the abolition were as follows:

Godwin's premise that valid Nazi analogies are robbed of their impact by
non-literal use is untrue. If I said to you: "This coffee tastes like
gasoline," you'd understand that I'm displeased with the coffee's flavor,
but you would never lose sight of how bad real gasoline would actually be
inside your mouth. Gasoline is a highly toxic and carcinogenic petroleum
product made to burn in combustion engines and no amount of analogizing it
will ever change that. In the same way, German Nazis of the early 20th
century were responsible for the wholesale slaughter of millions of
innocent civilians, it was by far the worst atrocity in human history and
no amount of analogizing will ever make real Nazis more palatable.

Writing is simply a tool for exchanging ideas. Making comparisons, even
vague figurative comparisons between largely unrelated subjects is one
method of expressing an idea. When someone says: "You're an asshole!" or
"I'm happy as a clam" or "You're going to hell in a hand basket," in each
case a non-literal comparison was made. All analogies are just literary
devices for conveying ideas, nothing more; making one particular analogy
taboo gives mere words unnecessary control over the free exchange of
ideas.

It's been voted down. Everyone is making Nazi analogies all the time.
Jerry Seinfeld made a comedy episode involving a "Soup Nazi" and a
thunderous laugh was had by all. The term "Traffic Nazi" is used almost
every day on public radio in reference to selfish automobile drivers.
Politicians from across the spectrum, foreign leaders, actors, civil
service authorities, and millions of internet users all over the world
effectively vote Godwin's Law down on a daily basis by making non-literal
comparisons to Hitler or the Nazis in some way. This is an undeniable
testament to the general acceptability and usefulness of such comparisons.
The people have spoken and Nazi analogies are happening, get used to it.

Poll Results: Should Godwin's Law Be Reinstated?

Answer  Number  Percentag             Visual
Yes:    6043    9.32892847770042%       Yes
No:     58734   90.6710715222996%       No

Total Number of Answers: 64777

 WD> I still don't believe you as I encounter different statements
 WD> maintained by Godwin.

Godwin has maintained, after several years of information gathering, that
the use of his law by those who call on it when they're losing an
arguement, has made his law ineffectual. Thus the repeal.


         R\%/itt - K5RXT

 Reminder: "On Friday September 8th 2006, Mike Godwin's 16 year experiment
 was concluded and Godwin's Law was officially repealed by a MAJORITY vote
 among millions of individuals."

 http://repealgodwin.tripod.com/

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