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**PhillipHer** · 04-21-2008, 06:53 PM

A well-known rule of Internet discourse is Godwin's law, which states that, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability.

Let me propose Nyhan's corollary: As a foreign policy debate with conservatives grows longer, the probability of a comparison with the appeasement of Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability.

The Bush Administration has launched its latest PR offensive to boost support for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq. But the rhetoric is familiar: an attempt to raise the specter of appeasement, starting with Donald Rumsfeld's speech to the American Legion Tuesday, in which he quoted Sen. William Borah saying "Lord, if only I had talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided!" after hearing of Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. (Meanwhile, Rumsfeld barely mentioned Iraq until the last 500 words of the speech.) And today, in his speech to the Legion, President Bush described Islamic terrorists as the "successors to Fascists, to Nazis, to Communists, and other totalitarians of the 20th century."

. http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...515951,00.html

So stop bringing the Nazi's up. This is very typical of you. YOU bring up the comparison with Nazi's, I ask for data, you don't provide any, I call you on it and now you state that it is just a shame that the conversation turned to a Nazi comparison!

It just goes to show what a vacuous, unsupportable, twisted, and perverted postion you have. You are wholly incapable fo even starting to defend your position, so you just change the subject. Thanks for showing your stunning incompetence and feebleness for all to see.

04-21-2008, 06:53 PM	#3
PhillipHer Join Date Jun 2008 Age 58 Posts 4,481 Senior Member	A well-known rule of Internet discourse is Godwin's law, which states that, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability. Let me propose Nyhan's corollary: As a foreign policy debate with conservatives grows longer, the probability of a comparison with the appeasement of Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability. The Bush Administration has launched its latest PR offensive to boost support for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq. But the rhetoric is familiar: an attempt to raise the specter of appeasement, starting with Donald Rumsfeld's speech to the American Legion Tuesday, in which he quoted Sen. William Borah saying "Lord, if only I had talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided!" after hearing of Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. (Meanwhile, Rumsfeld barely mentioned Iraq until the last 500 words of the speech.) And today, in his speech to the Legion, President Bush described Islamic terrorists as the "successors to Fascists, to Nazis, to Communists, and other totalitarians of the 20th century." . http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...515951,00.html So stop bringing the Nazi's up. This is very typical of you. YOU bring up the comparison with Nazi's, I ask for data, you don't provide any, I call you on it and now you state that it is just a shame that the conversation turned to a Nazi comparison! It just goes to show what a vacuous, unsupportable, twisted, and perverted postion you have. You are wholly incapable fo even starting to defend your position, so you just change the subject. Thanks for showing your stunning incompetence and feebleness for all to see.
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