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June 20, 2005
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Godwin Laments the Limited Scope of the Original Godwin's Law
Godwin's Law states simply that:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
Well,
Mike Godwin now regrets limiting the law to online discussions. Referencing recent Nazi comparisons in the news, Godwin writes, (
The Daily Show and Godwin's Law)
I probably should have crafted Godwin's Law early on so as to cover more than online discussions -- but I don't think it quite occurred to me back in the late '80s and early '90s that public debate in all media was going to descend to the lowest common denominator. I may have been hoping the online world would turn out to be a special case. [emphasis in original]
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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