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    Supreme Court overturns Godwin’s Law

    By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 9:16am | Politics, Humor & Satire, Media

    WASHINGTON – In a controversial 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned and modified the Internet’s infamous “Godwin’s Law.”

    The Law formerly stated: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”

    Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision.

    “Godwin’s Law renders a blow to free speech. How else could Thomas Sowell, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Lyndon LaRouche, Pam Atlas, Fox News, Ann Coluter, Sean Hannity, and most of the Conservative blogosphere, adequately have a discussion about President Barack Obama without using Nazi comparisons?”

    While Godwin’s Law will continued to exist, it will now exist in modified form after Roberts’court edited the original definition. It will now read:

    “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”

    In other news, no changes were made to the Sarah Palin-inspired “Godwink’s Law.”

    –WKW

    Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles

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