Thursday, January 29, 2004

Judson’s Law

Just So You Know

My esteemed coblogger Ross has in the past dismissed the word “idiotarian” as trite, empty, and cheap, and rightly so in my opinion. As he is currently embroiled in a sharp exchange with some of the guys at Winds of Change that turns partially on that very matter, I hereby propose Judson’s Law:

As a weblog discussion on politics grows longer, the probability of a participant calling another an “idiotarian” approaches one.

This is of course supported by Judson’s Corollary:

In a weblog discussion, the first participant to call another an “idiotarian” automatically concedes defeat thereby.

[wik] Ok, ok ok. It was me who said that the word"idiotarian" was trite, empty and cheap. I editorialized a bit. Ross simply said it was meaningless and I ran with it. But, speaking as a historian, I can tell you the past is all in how you choose to remember it, and I like my version better. With apologies to Ross. I still owe you that twelvepack.


Posted by Johno on 01/29/04 at 11:22 PM
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