Conservative Kristallnacht

[Kasz216]

Miguel_Zorro said:

Kasz216 said:

Miguel_Zorro said:

ManusJustus said:

damkira said:
@mrstickball

I think you missed my point...

'Missed' is an understatement.

LOL.  True, true.  Missed by a country mile, he did.  It's funny though, Sharky almost sounds proud of himself for getting the point of the post, the way he's pointing out the obvious. :)

Anyways, Godwin's law states that if you compare something to the Nazis, the thread is over, and you lose.  It's not often that somebody does it to start off a discussion though.  The language in the OP is clear flame bait.

That's actually not what Godwin's law states, it just states that any arguement on the internet, if given enough time will eventually lead to one side comparing the other to nazis.

It doesn't actually judge validity off it though often times people see the person who pulls out the nazi card first loses because they ran out of arguements.

You're right, the law itself doesn't technically say that, but internet tradition thus.  It's related to the law.  See here:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GodwinsLaw

.. and section 4, here:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/

I get your point, though.  In any case, bringing up the Nazis to insult someone is stupid.

Well, unless that person is like... Pol Pot, or Stalin, or Mao... etc.