| ??? 06/27/06 06:12 Read: times Msg Score: +1 +1 Good Answer/Helpful |
#119172 - Right Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jeff Post said:
There are times in political discourse when reference to Nazis is appropriate. To claim that the person who made the reference has lost the argument on the basis of Godwin's Law alone is just plain silly. I'd say 9 times out of 10 in a political discourse, reference to the Nazis is, in fact, a good sign of someone who just gave up on having a meaningful discussion. And because someone is likely to ask, when, in political discourse, referencing Nazis or Hitler might be appropriate, my answer is: Any time you mention Bush :-) I'm not sure whether I should grin or sigh. Unfortunately, many people are using Nazi/Hitler references as a cop-out to having any meaningful discussion about current events relating to Bush. The reference is so over-used at this point that even on the off-chance someone had a valid point in their Nazi reference, it's really worth formulating differently to avoid the appearance of an intellectual cop-out and to avoid the silly namecalling that will subsquently ensue. Valid political points should be made in the discussion and if those points mirror the Nazis in same way, the intelligent person will realize it without being told; the ignorant person isn't worth debating anyway. IMHO. Regards, Craig Steiner |
