Betting Pool: Imperial Collapse | 76 comments (76 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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On some other blogs, your'd immediately be bashed on the head with the club of Godwyn's Law...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 04:21:51 AM EST
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I know, but I couldn't help it (it's Godwin, btw).

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 11:37:42 AM EST
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You know what? Now that you mention it, the similarities are uncanny.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 12:09:47 PM EST
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No, you misunderstand, I think your reference was entirely apt, it's dismissing Third Reich analogies with reference to Godwin's Law that annoys me :-)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 12:33:05 PM EST
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Betting Pool: Imperial Collapse | 76 comments (76 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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