virus: Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:04:05 -0600


At 05:03 PM 27/08/96 -0600, Ken Pantheists wrote:

>I'm sure Hitler said the same thing to himself when he was painting houses.=)

Oh oh, Godwin's Law strikes again!

"Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the
probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

Godwin's Law was first published in Wired 2.10 in an op ed appropriately titled
"Meme, Counter-meme". It's worth checking out:

http://www.hotwired.com/wired/2.10/departments/idees.fortes/godwin.if.html

(Yes, I saw the smiley.)

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