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The guidelines don't unequivocally support your position, IMHO. Your comment, though, makes a good case for it. I'll stop now, since this is getting off-topic,
by okal 12y ago
The guidelines don't unequivocally support your position, IMHO. Your comment, though, makes a good case for it. I'll stop now, since this is getting off-topic, but I appreciate you taking the time to clarify your stand.
EDIT: I think everyone on HN has heard of Godwin's Law. It's useful, but can also be a lazy way to quash meaningful discussion.
- davidw 12y agoHonest question: on average, how much "meaningful discussion" happens after you make a Nazi comparison, even if you happen to be correct?
- okal 12y agoOn average? Not a lot, I'd imagine. But it occasionally will. This tangent we've gone on off on, for example, though I'm not sure you'd agree. I think @hemantv's assertion would have served the discussion better had it been framed as a question: "Isn't this a lot like the Nuremberg defense?", for example.
- npizzolato 12y agoIt was going fine here until you started whining about someone mentioning the Nazis. This went off topic because of you, not him.