Godwins Law

Foxhound38

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]
Godwin's Law is often cited in online discussions as a deterrent against the use of arguments in the reductio ad Hitlerum form.
The rule does not make any statement about whether any particular reference or comparison to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions,[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.

So is it a problem here on Boards?

Ruu_Old

THREAD CLOSED! YOU'RE BANNED! ARGGGGGGGH! :mad::mad::mad:

Rhyme

Yes, it is a problem you big Nazi.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Foxhound38 wrote: »

So is it a problem here on Boards?

Yes. And I have the Final Solution.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

with attitudes like ours towards immigration, confromity and capital punishment? And philistineism...? No. Never. Nazi comparisons never even enter the equation.

galwayrush

Atchung:rolleyes:

"As a boards.ie discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving yore ma approaches one."

fixed that for ya.

peasant

galwayrush wrote: »

Atchung:rolleyes:

Time for grammar Nazi to step in:

It's "Achtung", you illiterate, sub-human life form


:D:D

Steve

galwayrush wrote: »

Atchung:rolleyes:

... like a donkey?

galwayrush

peasant wrote: »

Time for grammar Nazi to step in:

It's "Achtung", you illiterate, sub-human life form


:D:D

I failed Nazi entrance exam.:P

galwayrush

SteveC wrote: »

... like a donkey?

Naughty Nazi Postcards:D

asdasd

with attitudes like ours towards immigration, confromity and capital punishment? And philistineism...? No. Never. Nazi comparisons never even enter the equation.

not unsurprisingly you violate the law in a thread about it.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

asdasd wrote: »

not unsurprisingly you violate the law in a thread about it.

Meh... not the first law I've violated...

994

Foxhound38 wrote: »

So is it a problem here on Boards?

Not as big a problem as the Jews!

tech77

galwayrush wrote: »

Achtung:rolleyes:

LOL


(fyp btw, couldn't resist)