Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:16:58 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Letter of resignation (It's Friday,
              but feels like a Monday around here!)
Comments: To: "John C..." <trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET>
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John C... wrote:
> I will moderate or remove subscribers who escalate
>
>> flame-fests to the level of Godwin's Law but that is it.
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> Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states:[2][3]
> "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
> Godwin's Law is often cited in online discussions as a deterrent against the use of arguments in the reductio ad Hitlerum form.
> The rule does not make any statement about whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions,[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.
> Hmmmm ... Is there not a warm, fuzzy feeling place, somewhere in the middle?
> Neither Hitler nor total Anarchy?
> Although I do like this:
>
>> Be nice to one another.
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> JC...
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>
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Or perhaps

 "Can't we all just get along!" - Rodney King

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver