♦ nivek ♦ Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=4091 Cole’s Law By: John Cole April 28, 2005 at 7:50 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You all have heard of Godwin’s Law, right? A review: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. Here is my new law, which we will call Cole’s Law: In any given political discussion, if religion is mentioned, the probability of the discussion shifting to a flame war about religion and the Founding Fathers approaches one. In general, the offending party is usually trying to vastly overstate the role of religion in the foundation of the country to prove that religious extremism should now be accepted. To counter, someone will quickly count the number of times “God” is mentioned in the Constitution. Tedious discussions of the Federalist papers, deists, democracy in Greece, and the Enlightenment quickly are offered up as ‘proof.’ Do believe that Cole's Law is a damnned fine and appropriate addition to the list of things I'll use.. kL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_raven23 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Sounds pretty good. Permit me a question.... Who is "Cole"? Or does it even matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 So Cole's Law has nothing to do with coleslaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyby Stardancer Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Sounds pretty good. Permit me a question.... Who is "Cole"? Or does it even matter? I would assume it's the author, as his name is John Cole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_raven23 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Sounds pretty good. Permit me a question.... Who is "Cole"? Or does it even matter? I would assume it's the author, as his name is John Cole... Okay....so I was a liiiittttlllee bit slow yesterday.......totally fuzzed the author's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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