--On October 12, 2006 11:22:36 PM -0400 "Scott T. Cameron"
<scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:19:20PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> BTW, you completely misunderstand Godwin's Law.
>> <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/>
>
> "There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion
> forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and
> whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was
> in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's
> Law. Thus Godwin's Law serves also to impose an upper bound on thread
> length in general."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Look up "comparison" in a dictionary. Then come back here and explain
that in the context of what I wrote. I didn't *compare* anything or
anyone to Hitler. I referred to Hitler, the historical figure himself.
You really do not understand Godwin's law at all.