perfidy

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.