Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression

Re:Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression by zimpenfish on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:40AM (#15046007)

There's no such thing as "Godwin's Rule" - it's "Godwin's Law" and it said nothing about winning arguments; only that as the length of an argument increased, the probability that a comparison with the Nazis would appear approached 1.

You can't invoke it either. It's a statistical observation.

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Re:Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression by wu-ikkyu on Friday August 18, 2017 @11:22AM (#15046977)

How is that a useful observation, though?

As the length of any internet argument grows, the probability of anything being said would approach 1.

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Re:Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression by marcus_holmes on Sunday August 20, 2017 @07:43AM (#15058009)

I don't know about anyone else, but unless the discussion is actually historical in nature, then the point at which I find a discussion ceases to be interesting and reverts to name-calling is about the point that Godwin's Law appears.

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