# RO: News of the World Paul McMullan admits to being scum

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-news-of-the-world-paul-mcmullan-admits-to-being-scum/604698>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 1, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-news-of-the-world-paul-mcmullan-admits-to-being-scum/604698 "2011-12-01T14:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-news-of-the-world-paul-mcmullan-admits-to-being-scum/604698/21 "2011-12-06T11:38:05Z")

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> [@Cicero](#):
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> That guys testimony left me stunned.
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> He was okay with some crowd beating up a paedatrician due to his story?
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> I can’t go further without invoking Godwin…

I kind of like the idea of, instead of comparing a poster, or the subject of a post, to Hitler, to just state:

“I invoke Godwin.”

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-news-of-the-world-paul-mcmullan-admits-to-being-scum/604698/22 "2011-12-07T06:15:29Z")

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> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> “I invoke Godwin.”

I think it should be shorted down to just a call of “Godwin”, and used like either “shotgun” or “jinx”.

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