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You can only invoke Godwin's law after someone else draws a comparison to the Nazis. You cannot invoke it on yourself prior to drawing a comparison to the Holy
by rjknight 13y ago
You can only invoke Godwin's law after someone else draws a comparison to the Nazis. You cannot invoke it on yourself prior to drawing a comparison to the Holy Inquisition, no matter how far beyond absurdity the situation may be.
- clarkm 13y agoHe probably just confused it with Poe's Law. There should be a law that concerns the confusion of the two.
- kevrone 13y agoI didn't expect to find humor in this thread, but here I am, laughing. So that's nice.
- Crito 13y agoThe shrill objections that people raise when people draw parallels between things in history that are not strictly equal in all respects ("Do you really think this is equivalent to torturing people for being jewish?!?") are the same. It is a shame that people have to preface legitimate comparisons to historic events with these sort of disclaimers.