XPost: talk.politics.theory, alt.slack, talk.politics   
   From: targeting@OMCL.mil   
      
   On 20 Jan 2004 04:37:40 -0800, modemac@modemac.com (Modemac) wrote:   
      
   } This discussion about Nazis, the DHS, and Rush Limbaugh is all well   
   } and good, but it really doesn't answer my question.   
   }   
   } Is there a commonly-accepted meme regarding the use of the topic   
   } "child pornography" in Internet discussions, in a manner similar to   
   } Godwin's Law and the use of "Nazis?"   
   }   
   } Something like this: "If Nazis are not invoked due to the application   
   } of Godwin's Law, the discussion will instead be steered towards 'child   
   } pornography,' 'Internet child stalkers,' and 'NAMBLA.'"   
   }   
   } Or: "If the topic of 'child pornography,' 'Internet child stalkers,'   
   } or 'NAMBLA' is invoked as a reason for supporting/opposing an   
   } argument, then Godwin's Law shall equally apply to this discussion."   
      
   If you're looking to develop corollaries, you're on the right track.   
   There ought to be a subgroup of general use replacements, plus some   
   available only to certain contexts.   
      
   As for efficacy of using such things in a thread and the subsequent   
   destruction thereof, I offer the present case as evidence. Hardly took   
   any doing at all, really.   
      
   If you're planning on filing an official corollary, start with the   
   Wikipedia entry for Godwin's Law:   
   http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law   
   as well as a Google search. There's lots of them out there.   
      
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