# Mods can't ban?  I'm crushed...

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**Created:** [September 15, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-ban-im-crushed/81742 "2001-09-15T01:48:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-ban-im-crushed/81742/21 "2001-09-18T01:37:32Z")

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Also, the late Archie Goodwin was editor-in-chief of the late, lamented **Epic Comics** line.

But I think the original reference was to Godwin’s Law.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-ban-im-crushed/81742/22 "2001-09-18T02:14:18Z")

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Which is\_\_\_\_\_\_?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-ban-im-crushed/81742/23 "2001-09-18T02:23:11Z")

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Godwin’s Law: As a thread approaches a certain (huge) length, comparisons of the winning to Hitler or the Nazis will be made by the side who is losing to bolster their point. The side who makes those comparisons immediately loses. (Or, as the Jargon File quotes it, “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”)

Collary to Godwin’s Law: Deliberately trying to invoke Godwin’s Law does not work.

[The Jargon File Entry](http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Godwin's-Law.html)

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-cant-ban-im-crushed/81742/24 "2001-09-18T02:24:40Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Derleth \*  
> \*\*Godwin’s Law: As a thread approaches a certain (huge) length, comparisons of the winning to Hitler or the Nazis will be made by the side who is losing to bolster their point. The side who makes those comparisons immediately loses. (Or, as the Jargon File quotes it, “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”)
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> Collary to Godwin’s Law: Deliberately trying to invoke Godwin’s Law does not work.
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> [The Jargon File Entry](http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Godwin's-Law.html) \*\*

The winning **side** , damnit!

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