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12 months ago, I was Person of the Year
- 082349872349872 4y ago1938 should remind us that Time's Person of the Year is not necessarily an approbation, but recognises influence "for better or for worse".
- TacticalCoder 4y agoWow. Godwin's law at the first post. Well done. (btw I'm not a big Tesla fan: I find the cars seriously lacking in build and interior materials/quality for the luxury price at which they're sold [for the S and X at least])
- darthrupert 4y agoNo. Godwin's law cannot be just invoked when somebody writes something you don't like. Nobody accused anyone of being a nazi.
- ben_w 4y agoFrom: Mike Godwin <mnemonic`-at-`eff.org> Subject: Godwin's Law Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:39:39 -0500 (EST) Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies [a.k.a the Sexton-Godwin Law]: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. [Usenet Message-ID: <1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org>, 18 Aug 1991; possibly posted in this form as early as 1990 on The WELL.] - https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org... I think it counts as a Godwin? But there's a good chance Mike Godwin has an account here if I've misunderstood.
- rhaway84773 4y agoThis is not an application of Godwin’s law at all. This is not calling someone a Nazi. It’s simply using Hitler’s undeniable terribleness (even in 1938) to illustrate that the specific honor being discussed does not necessarily imply a person who has had the most influence is necessarily someone who influenced the world in a good way.
- dekhn 4y agoWhile technically Godwin-esque, it's apt and appropriate in this circumstance.
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