Based unfortunately, on experience.

[roseembolism]

There really needs to be a variant on the Goodwin's Law that states "As an internet Star Wars discussion grows longer, the probability of a debate as to whether the Empire is evil approaches one."

At that point we can conclude that just like in the threads described by the original Goodwin's Law, the Star Wars thread will continue, but the actual information content will be zero.

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[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Lady Fate favors you. I've run into far too many of these arguments, usually running along the lines of "The Alliance was evil because of the contractors on the Death Star / Alderaan was a military target / The Republic had slavery while the Empire banned it" and so on. The nonsense seems similar enough that I have to wonder if it all comes from the same source.