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   From: omnipitus2002@yahoon.com   
      
   "ToolPackinMama"  wrote in message   
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   > Graham Kennedy wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Numan wrote:   
   >   
   > > > ????  Sorry, I don't follow.  What does GODWIN mean?   
   > >   
   > > It's an old rule on the net. Whenever somebody invokes Hitler   
   > > or the Nazis, the discussion is over.   
   > >   
   > > The idea was that as a discussion gets longer and longer   
   > > it tends to become more and more argumentative. Eventually,   
   > > people start to throw insults and since the Nazis are about   
   > > the worst bunch of people in recent times (if not ever),   
   > > chances are that eventually you get "well if you believe   
   > > that then you are as bad as Hitler!" The idea of the law   
   > > was that it marked a spot at which the discussion had   
   > > fallen so low that there was no point in carrying on, so   
   > > any mention of Hitler meant the thread was finished.   
   >   
   > That's correct.  On usenet, it's traditional to use the mention of   
   > Nazis/Hitler as an excuse to declare the discussion ended and to move on   
   > to new topics.  In a usenet debate, to call your opponent "Hitlerlike"   
   > or "Nazilike" is in effect to admit defeat, since only a loser who is   
   > out of REAL ammunition would resort to such low tactics.   
   >   
   > Generally, Ad Hominem (against the person, not the issue) attacks are a   
   > logical fallacy that get you disqualified in REAL debates.   
   >   
   > http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html#hominem   
      
   Then you have some serious explaining to do.   
      
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