January 20, 2007

GODWIN'S LAW IN ACTION

Godwin's Law: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

[snip]

There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress."

Bloggreatgranddaughter KD of Life of the Wife mentioned that she's been hit repeatedly with this line:

I am often told that as I grow older and more educated, I will grow more liberal.

Which put me in mind of this quote, usually attributed to Winston Churchill:

"If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."

While I was Googling to check the phrasing on this, I came across a discussion thread about the quote, and as I was reading it, I kept waiting for the Nazi analogy.

I wasn't disappointed.

Godwin 1, liberal asshat 0.

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Teresa exemplified on January 20, 2007 11:15 AM

*sigh* I am heartless but smart...

*grin*

GEBIV exemplified on January 21, 2007 09:10 AM

I was lucky. I passed the Liberal stage before I was old enough to vote, so I have no regrets about anyone I helped put into office.

And I've always thought that it took more true compassion and empathy to be conservative than liberal. It's the difference between putting a bandaid on a serious wound (liberal) and using stitches to properly close it (conservative). Sure, the stitches seem like more pain in the short term. But in the long term, it's a much healthier solution.

Harvey exemplified on January 21, 2007 03:43 PM

"long term"?

Now, now... let's not go around using words that liberals won't understand :-)