At 07:59 30-1-02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Is arguing with Jeroen now grounds for banishment? > > > > I'm not sure, but calling Jeroen a 'Nazi' might have had something to > do with > > it. Someone else called him a 'fucking nazi' a few weeks ago. (Might have > > been Dan S. or Tom, although I'm not entirely sure.) > >JDG did *not* call Jeroen a Nazi. > >JDG *did* liken Jeroen's methods of argument to Nazi methods. > >There's a difference. However odious the comparison is, it is *not* the >same as out-and-out name-calling.
Having been occupied by the Nazis, Europe is probably more sensitive to that than the US. OVer here, drawing those kind of parallels is pretty much considered equal to calling someone a Nazi. In this part of the world, people get sued for slander for making such comparisons. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
