Am Freitag, 8. Mai 2009 18:12:47 schrieb Dale Maggee: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:34:40PM +0200, Marcel wrote: > >> I'm sorry to contradict you (am I really?), but using Nazi slogans > >> in such > > > > I call for the rule of Godwin's Law! > > > > Rui > > I had never heard of Godwin's Law until now! :O > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law > > I was sitting here puzzling over Marcel's comment, which I didn't > understand: > > "using this... deprecated language doesn't make me feel you really know > what you're referencing there." > > This had me confused - I knew exactly what I meant! "Totalitarian". I > was trying to figure out what he was saying, and/or politely say "I > don't understand what you mean"... > > then I read this: > > "I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler or to Nazis > to think a bit harder about the Holocaust" > > and I said to myself: "Oh, shit..." > > I have been very ignorant, and now realise that I have said something > very inappropriate. And I humbly and sincerely apologise for that. > > I feel pretty bad about this, especially the part where I couldn't > figure out what Marcel was trying to say. Now I understand. and I feel > like a complete dick. Sorry. > > Generally when I hear the word "nazi" used, it means "totalitarian", > not "monster" or "mass murderer" - think of the "soup nazi" in > Seinfeld. That's what I meant. Not the other. *At All*. Sorry. > > The wiki page also says: > > when an adversary uses an inappropriate Hitler or Nazi comparison, "you > have only to say 'Godwin's Law' and a trapdoor falls open, plunging > your rival into a pool of hungry crocodiles." > > Oh Noes, not crocodiles! The wiki page fails to mention any possible > exclusion from this horrible fate for cases of extreme ignorance > followed by sincere repentance... is there any such exclusion, or are > the crocs already gnawing at my stupid ass? > > Seriously, please accept my apologies for this. I have learned > something today. Thank you for enlightening me.
Accepted. -- Marcel _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
