December 19, 2006

Fulfillment

Sean is accusing Joy Behar of violating Godwin's Law. This would be like accusing someone of violating Cole's Law for shredding cabbage and mixing it with seasoned mayonnaise. Altho tradition holds that one in fact loses a debate by introducing a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler, Godwin, like Newton and Murphy, was merely generalizing about the nature of the universe and not laying down a prohibition.

Posted by triticale at December 19, 2006 07:41 AM | TrackBack
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Actually, Godwin's Law doesn't define a winner -- it just says that everyone else can safely ignore the argument from here out and still not miss anything important.

Posted by: Phelps at December 19, 2006 09:39 AM
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