From: John Francis
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:25:58PM -0500, P N Stenquist wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2010, at 11:42 AM, William Robb wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul stenquist"
>> Subject: Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror'
>> arrest,February 2010
>>
>>
>>
>>> I think that's true, but the alternative may have been worse: a mega
>>> Iran and a strong Soviet presence in the middle east. There's no way
>>> to flip the switch and see what might have happened if Afghan and
>>> Iraq hadn't had U.S. support back in the day.
>>
>> Meddling with other peoples governments is usually not a very good
>> thing to do.
>
> That's what Chamberlain said about Hitler. Didn't work.
I call Godwin. Now can we drop this thread, too?
All "Godwin" does is state that any political discussion thread will
inevitably lead to a comparison to Nazis, Hitler or the Third Reich.
The problem with invoking "Godwin" is that in some cases, such as a
discussion regarding police state activities, such comparisons are valid.
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