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2004-07-02, 11:57 AM #1
Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

It's been around for a while, but I haven't seen it mentioned here. Even though we try to avoid it, it is still an issue.

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2004-07-02, 12:02 PM #2
...okay?

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2004-07-02, 12:10 PM #3
I think it's happened here before.
2004-07-02, 12:15 PM #4
I think Massassi has recently been able to avoid the issue because the "Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies" has been addressed (although not by that name) on these forums many times.

But is this only a good thing? Surely comparing everything to Nazis and Hitler is an overkill, but what if history really does repeat itself? Should we really disregard all analogies related to the Nazi party and Hitler as "playing the Nazi/Hitler card" or are there instances in which making such analogies is valid?
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2004-07-02, 12:31 PM #5
This post reminds me of Hitler in some way....

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2004-07-02, 12:43 PM #6
God? Is that you?

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2004-07-02, 1:24 PM #7
I've done it before.

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2004-07-02, 2:27 PM #8
This sounds like something Hitler would say.
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2004-07-02, 2:56 PM #9
I was originally going to say "I thought you were referring to the Jews," but since you brought up Nazis, that wouldn't have worked as well. Thanks for ruining a perfect joke setup, jerk.

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2004-07-02, 3:56 PM #10
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bobbert006:
Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

It's been around for a while, but I haven't seen it mentioned here. Even though we try to avoid it, it is still an issue.

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dude, I have mentioned godwins law a number of times.


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2004-07-02, 3:57 PM #11
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mort-Hog:
This sounds like something Hitler would say.</font>


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that was a quote on skithouse once.

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2004-07-02, 4:16 PM #12
So it was, heh. Good one, Mort-Hog.
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