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unwantedLetters on July 28, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle rebrands Java, breaks Eclipse

For those of you that don't know Godwin's law, it states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1".

redrobot5050 on July 28, 2010 [–]

Actually, Godwin's law states the the probably of comparing your opponent/opposing side to the Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

You need that ad hominem for it to be a Godwin.

unwantedLetters on July 28, 2010 | [–]

Ah, sorry. I didn't actually know the law. Looked it up on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

It's wrongly stated there, so you might want to change it there as well.

redrobot5050 on July 29, 2010 | | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum

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