[WikiEN-l] Following up -

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Fri Oct 31 03:11:11 UTC 2003


Dante Alighieri wrote:
> HITLER
> 
> There, I mentioned Hitler and now we have to talk about something else.
> 
> Unless, of course, my intent (to end this thread) is a misuse of 
> Godwin's Law and therefore doesn't trigger the associated cessation of 
> discussion...

Nope.  Doesn't work.  Deliberate attempts to invoke Godwin's Law are 
moot -- you have to /call/ someone Hitler or a Nazi with the intent to 
insult rather than to end the thread.




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