| theprof00 said: well i know about the politics thing, everything is politics. I'm just saying how interesting of a ploy it is, when the last big thing like this to happen was almost a reverse of this situation, but exact in it's process. what's goodwin's law? |
This "crisis" isn't anywhere near the level of horrors that China faced during the Japanese invasions. The comparison is laughable, really. Just Google "Rape of Nanking" and you'll see just how badly the two compare.
Anyway, Godwin's Law:
The rule does not make any statement whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenetnewsgroup discussions,[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.
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