[plug] [OT] fear of posting

[James Devenish]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0409201459190.23885-100000 at BBRH73.busby.net>
on Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 03:00:35PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law
> Whatever that URL points to, does not work with lynx.

Hmm...works in w3m.

> That is a problem with using just URL's in messages.

Conversely, there are problems with quoting more than the mere URLs
(not URL's), including issues of copyright, formatting, and length
of article. In this case, fortunately, copyright can be put aside.
An excerpt follows:

    Godwin's Law (also Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies) is an adage in
    Internet culture that was originated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law
    states that:
        As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a
        comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
    There is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that once such a
    comparison is made in a thread the thread is over, and whoever
    mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in
    progress. In addition, whoever points out that Godwin's Law applies
    to the thread is considered to have lost the battle, as it is
    considered poor form to invoke the law explicitly.