06-03-2014, 08:16 PM
Quote:But as I see it, Godwin's Law was never legitimate anyways.
It was never supposed to be a real thing. Godwin was being rhetorical when he wrote it.
Quote:Which would discredit "Godwin's Law" as even being a law at all.
See above.
Quote:All it is now is a code phrase to justify racism, sexism, or try to discredit someone's point no matter how correct they may be.
Or in this case, just a joke.
But to take the heat off Godwin, I shall now declare LennyLen's Law of the Lurker Lounge (aka LLLLL), which is "As any discussion grows longer, the probability of someone being accused of being a bourgeois pseudo-intellectual capitalist approaches 1"
"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?"
-W.C. Fields
-W.C. Fields