Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Godwin's Law. yes.
Briefly:
Contemporary opinion is that it does not automatically follow that whoever mentions Hitler loses the debate, and drawing that conclusion is bollocks. It simply means the thread has degenerated beyond all hope. (*tick*)
Note Case's Corollary.
Note also, the use of the phrase off-topic. If Bods was genuinely Nazist, then the debate is not lost by anyone's standards.
Incidentally, a good part of 1933 Germany was not in fact a Nazi regime.
Godwin's Law. yes.
Briefly:
Contemporary opinion is that it does not automatically follow that whoever mentions Hitler loses the debate, and drawing that conclusion is bollocks. It simply means the thread has degenerated beyond all hope. (*tick*)
Note Case's Corollary.
Note also, the use of the phrase off-topic. If Bods was genuinely Nazist, then the debate is not lost by anyone's standards.
Incidentally, a good part of 1933 Germany was not in fact a Nazi regime.
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