Crossing the line
With your editorial cartoon of Nov. 24, you have again crossed the line separating biting commentary and blatant smear. Congratulations on the completion of you correspondence courses from the Joseph Goebbels school of journalism.
John Harrill
Greensboro
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Wow. Godwin's Law in action!
Posted on December 3, 2005 5:49 AM
Yes, an extreme case. Godwin's law states that, as a discussion thread grows longer, the probability that some comparison with Hitler or Nazism will be made. This thread never got off the ground before the event occurred.
So this incident, at the extreme end of the spectrum, is to Godwin's law what quantum theory is to classical mechanics. I look forward to the Grand Discussion Unified Theory that will pull these together.
Further, an informal corollary of the law says the person first doing the comparison loses the argument. I think this is confirmed.
Posted on December 3, 2005 1:23 PM