You know what I mean. Have we come up with a word/phrase for when an argument is going along smoothly and someone comes along and says “Ah, but it’s all different after 9/11”.
No fingers pointed, of course, just curious.
The word is “knuckledragging moron.”
Hee hee. Thanks, it’s a start, but how about the argument itself?
I thought it was either “Limbaughed” or “O’Reillyed”
There used to be, but 9/11 changed everything.
Dubyafication?
We could call it “O’Reilly’s Law,” after, of course, Bill O’Reilly.
or “Rumsfeld’s Law?”
In the vein of Godwin’s Law it could read something like,
“as a social or political discussion grows longer, the probability of someone saying ‘of course, it’s all different since 9/11’ approaches one.”
Well, I’d prefer to see Rumsfeld’s Law as any case where “As you know, you have to [do X] with the [Y] you have, not the [Y] you want.”
After noodling this over, perhaps we could succintly say “And then he 9/11ed the whole debate.”
Sailboat
Rumsfield’s Law sounds good, but “he Rumsfielded the whole debate” sounds klunky. “O’Reilly’ed the debate” sounds better but I think “9/11’ed the debate” sounds best so far.
“crashed the debate into two tall buildings”?
Rove’s Law: 9/11 explains everything, wins every argument, and lets you do whatever you want. Those who disagree don’t understand terrorism.
I like “guillianied” (if I spelled the former mayor’s name correctly), but Rove’s law is better.
I always just say, ‘‘played the 911 card.’’
I figured if it’s possible to play the race card, it should be possible to play the 911 card.
On Preview: Oooh! Oooh! Rove’s Law! Win!
Damn. I like “Rove’s Law,” too–but it’s been used for something else:
(from here)
But then, that’s just a blog. Not the Dope.
I like Giulianizing.
I’m going with Bushwhacked.
“I think we should have a national health care system.”
“Well, you know 9/11 should be our biggest priority.”
“Stop bushwhacking the issue.”
This gets my vote.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
9/11.
9/11 Who?
YOU SAID YOU’D NEVER FORGET!
So would 9/11 be the first day of the Giulian calendar?
And is Anaamika’s reference to “Rumsfield” an example of Gaudere’s Law in action? I realize that the original text of said law is that “Any post made to point out a spelling or grammar error will invariably contain a spelling or grammar error.” Although Anaamika’s intent was not to correct anyone’s spelling, Gaudere’s Law was formulated and named back in 2000. About a year later, everything changed.
Shouldn’t it be named after whomever formulates the law, or recognizes the pattern, rather than whomever is guilty of it the most?
Thus: Anaamikaification