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Godwin's law
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3c26d49e-4a44-4f20-aca4-8c0b3b046703/4EA79F1F-3773-4140-8FD2-94714C96309A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873"><H1 class="firstHeading">Godwin's law</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873"><P><B>Godwin's law</B> (also known as <B>Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies</B>)<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-GL_FAQ_0"><A title="" href="#_note-GL_FAQ">[1]</A></SUP> is an <A title="Adage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adage">adage</A> formulated by <A title="Mike Godwin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Godwin">Mike Godwin</A> in 1990. The law states:<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-canonical_version_0"><A title="" href="#_note-canonical_version">[2]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="_ref-WiredMCM_0"><A title="" href="#_note-WiredMCM">[3]</A></SUP></p> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873"><P>Godwin's law is often cited in online discussions as a caution against the use of inflammatory rhetoric or exaggerated comparisons, especially <A title="Fallacy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy">fallacious</A> arguments of the <I><A title="Reductio ad Hitlerum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum">reductio ad Hitlerum</A></I> form.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godwin%27s_law&oldid=173108873"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">In October 2007, the "Last Page" columnist in <I><A title="Smithsonian (magazine)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_%28magazine%29">The Smithsonian</A></I> stated that when an adversary uses an inappropriate Hitler or Nazi comparison, "you have only to say 'Godwin's Law' and a trapdoor falls open, plunging your rival into a pool of hungry crocodiles."<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-2"><A title="" href="#_note-2">[13]</A></SUP></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4EA79F1F-3773-4140-8FD2-94714C96309A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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