Godwin's Law

[Viker]

Sooner or later internet discussions turn into Hitler comparisons or just degenerate into poo. (Same species, IMHO)

Here's an audio-visual example:

 

[Viker]

Wow. I don't know what happened with the thread title? How can I fix that?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Wow. I don't know what happened with the thread title? How can I fix that?

Keep it. I like it!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Hitler must respond to this.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Sooner or later internet discussions turn into Hitler comparisons or just degenerate into poo. (Same species, IMHO)

FWIW, from Mike Godwin himself:

"If you’re thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler or Nazis when you talk about Trump," he wrote in the Washington Post late last year. "Or any other politician."

He went on to make clear that he thinks that references to the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes are legitimate and can be helpful, in some cases.

"To be clear: I don’t personally believe all rational discourse has ended when Nazis or the Holocaust are invoked," he wrote. "But I’m pleased that people still use Godwin’s Law to force one another to argue more thoughtfully.

"The best way to prevent future holocausts, I believe, is not to forbear from Holocaust comparisons; instead, it’s to make sure that those comparisons are meaningful and substantive."

The man who created the internet’s most famous law says you can break it

 

[Kooky]

I think Godwin's law has largely obsoleted itself, now that there's a good chance for your opponent in an Internet discussion to be an actual Nazi.

 

[Viker]

I think Godwin's law has largely obsoleted itself, now that there's a good chance for your opponent in an Internet discussion to be an actual Nazi.

Kinda true.

 

[Stevicus]

Sooner or later internet discussions turn into Hitler comparisons or just degenerate into poo. (Same species, IMHO)

Here's an audio-visual example:

And the really horrible threads turn out to be about Hitler's poo.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Wow. I don't know what happened with the thread title? How can I fix that?

I took the https out of it.

 

[Viker]

I took the https out of it.

Thanks.