From 920a51b80d0b3a066f680c1a8f5524bdb7ca3917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:45:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] new fortune. --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index f276731d..f14a68e6 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -40803,4 +40803,13 @@ enlightenment. -- Tulku Thondup, from "The Heart of Unconditional Love: A Powerful New Approach to Loving-Kindness Meditation", published by Shambhala Publications +~ +Although deliberately framed as if it were a law of nature or of mathematics, +its purpose has always been rhetorical and pedagogical: I wanted folks who +glibly compared someone else to Hitler or to Nazis to think a bit harder about +the Holocaust. + -- Mike Godwin, on "Godwin's Law", originated in 1990, which (paraphrasing) + states that any online discussion will eventually devolve into a + comparison with Hitler or Nazism. At that point, the person who brought + either topic up has lost the argument and their basic credibility. -- 2.34.1