In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law
icantthinkofone
icantthinkofone at charter.net
Tue Nov 27 16:30:11 PST 2007
Andy Greenwood wrote:
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>>
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>>> From: Aryeh M. Friedman [mailto:aryeh.friedman at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:20 PM
>>> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
>>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org; FreeBSD chat
>>> Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law
>>>
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>>> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Beastie's Law:
>>>>
>>>> Any demand of a modification of FreeBSD or it's website
>>>> using political incorrectness as the justification is automatically
>>>> wrong.
>>>>
>>> Political Incorrectness is very subjective though.
>>>
>>
>> It doesen't matter. What constitutes a Nazi comparison is also
>> very subjective. However, Godwin's law works anyway.
>>
>
> According to wikipedia (I am aware this isn't a real source) Godwin's
> law is defined thusly.
>
> As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
> involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
>
> The law isn't subjective at all. It specifically requires the
> comparison of one of the points or platforms to those of Nazis or
> Hitler himself. The comparison itself could be as oblique or
> subjective as you want, but the fact is that it must DIRECTLY involve
> Nazis or Hitler.
>
> However, I don't agree that the proposed Beastie's Law is subjective
> either. It states that the person making the demands is using
> political incorrectness as one of their points as to why the change
> should be made. Whether or not everyone will agree on the political
> (in)correctness of the proposed change is irrelevant.
>> Ted
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