-- Ken Brown wrote:
Of course, as any text grows longer the probability that it contains any other text approaches one... just more or less slowly. Godwin's law needs some quantification.
At 03:39 PM 3/1/2001 +0100, Tom wrote:
don't think so. it's a good observation, and most likely better than yours unless we talk about infinities. there are libraries full of books where neither nazis or hitler are even mentioned. yet usenet debates DO converge on those topics with surprising pace. most likely a psychological thing - the search for a recent, extreme and well-known example or counter-example to your point. in the middle ages, one would've used witchcraft and satan instead.
You are full of shit. I went to groups.google.com and did a search for usenet posts using the word "nazi" http://groups.google.com/groups?q=nazi Every single hit among the first page of hits was an appropriate and relevant use of the word nazi, Typical fragment from one of the posts : : whites are EXPECTED to support and feel simpathetic for : : what happened 400 years ago. When in reality its the best : : thing thats ever happened to the half breed monkeys that : : plauge our society. If usenet threads tend to feature the word nazi, it is because there are plenty of nazis on usenet, whereas in published books the publishers screen them out. Same thing for the frequent invocation of McCarthy by commies. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG P9dodNiWfcTAmppyXXpPobdfbRcTFtEL0l+dd4Ea 42skNF5abq7BSLPQ5iLIHH1kIHLC1ejBfcMbsUryT