[Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow

[Paul Rumelhart]

Believe me, I'm no fan of Newt Gingrich.  All I need to know about him 
is that he pressed his first wife for divorce while she was in the 
hospital recovering from cancer-related surgery, not to mention 
committing adultery while criticizing Clinton for doing the same thing 
during the Monica Lewinski scandal.

Anyway, the idea is that the first person in an argument who compares 
the other side to the Nazis loses the debate.

Paul

On 05/13/2011 12:00 AM, Saundra Lund wrote:
> Huh -- I wasn't familiar with that term.
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> Since you cited the Wikipedia article ("has been invoked for the inappropriate use of Nazi analogies in articles or speeches"), then do you agree that hyperbolic "Godwin's law" (which you obviously accept since you called it) is far more appropriately applied to Nasty Newt Gingrich than to Tom Hansen&  to Ted Moffett (in his "Saint Augustine: "Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue" response)?
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> Just wonderin'. . .
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> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
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> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Rumelhart [mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:34 PM
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: Saundra Lund; 'Vision 2020'; 'Donovan Arnold'
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow
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> Wow, you've just Godwin'd this thread by comparing this issue to the Nazis. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law
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> I'm not looking forward to having to wait an hour for these guys to move a semi-megaload down the highway, but let's try to keep some perspective here. We're talking traffic delays, possible road damage, possible electricity outages, and one giant megacorp putting a little more money in their giant coffers than they otherwise would. Besides, if we "win", they'll just find a more expensive way of moving these things and force the extra cost on to the consumers.
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> I'm not saying you're not fighting the good fight, let's just keep it in perspective.
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> Paul
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> On 05/11/2011 11:02 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>> Excusing Krauss because the megaloads weren't anywhere near US95 or
>> Moscow yet is like justifying the Nazis as long as they knock on
>> somebody else's door.
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> <snip>
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