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Robert Fahey wrote:

>In article <36e97a3c.20548955@news.newsguy.com>, Some Irish Guy
><Ger@r.d> writes
>
>>>> >The Germans voted for Hitler, remember.
>>>>
>>>> I hereby invoke Godwin and declare victory.
>>>
>>>Overruled.
>>>
>>>Godwin's Law, as counsel is no doubt well aware, decrees that the first
>>>participant in a usenet debate to draw a parallel to Hitler, or nazis in
>>>general, is deemed to have lost the debate.
>>[..]
>>>Besides, he's right.
>>
>>Immaterial.  Godwin's Law decries the impulse to cheapen thought,
>>debate & history by comparing everything under the sun to
>>Hitler/Germany/nazis.  Hitler was elected, but that's hardly relevant
>>to a discussion of Herr Flynn.
>
>It is, however, relevant to your point about "the voters know best".
>Godwins Law, by the way, is a load of arse which was developed to try to
>make people ignore one of the most important and terrible events of the
>20th Century when arguing points. It is in itself a cheapening of
>thought, discussion and debate, by attempting to childishly rule out a
>case that doesn't agree with your hypotheses.

Whoosh.

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