Do you think this comment had anything to do with you at all. Trust me the world does not center around you...and your thoughts.
It had something to do with someone else...personally in my life. Assuming things isn't usually the best way to go! If I ment you I would have said YOUR name.
I wasn't assuming anything. You were making a comparison between people who fight for their right to free speech no matter what, and Hitler. I fight for free speechn no matter what, therefore, it applied to me.
Note: applied, not referred. There is a difference.
Also, I found that analogy rather flawed. Hitler all but defended free speech. Andyone disagreeing with the system would be arrested and often killed. Aside from that, don't you think there's a tiny difference between possibly hurting people's feelings and killing 7 million people?
And Sel, you've never named names before, so I really had no reason to assume you would do so now.
That is so taking what I said out of contest. Read the FULL comment...I said:
People who believe they have the right to do something...just because they feel it's something they have to do, and don't take anyone else's feelings, emotions and life into consideration, all for the greater good of something...
In MY Opinion...It Makes a BIG difference when taken in FULL context.
If this is what you feel that you do...I can't help that. I did NOT accuse you.
Funny I was thinking of my boss and the McV Killer I happened to mention. There was a big discussion on him on the radio as I drove into work. Nothing more...nothing less.
Third-Grade Hitler: "Moooooommmyyyy, I don't wanna go to school! I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!!" *rolls around on floor, kicking and screaming*
I was called Hitler too, let me see if I can find the quote real fast.
Not so fast, but here it is: HAYZ: I may sound like a bully, but I know I have people who agree with me. Stick to what you started, or you just look weak.
???: Hhhhhmmmm. I wonder if you would have said that to Hitler if he expressed doubts about continuing the holocaust.
That incredibly offended me at the time because I have strong views about prejudice. I can laugh now, because we smoothed it out and apologies were made, but I was called hitler, or at least a nazi, too!
[Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
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Why on earth...
It had something to do with someone else...personally in my life. Assuming things isn't usually the best way to go! If I ment you I would have said YOUR name.
Peace
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Re: Why on earth...
Note: applied, not referred. There is a difference.
Also, I found that analogy rather flawed. Hitler all but defended free speech. Andyone disagreeing with the system would be arrested and often killed. Aside from that, don't you think there's a tiny difference between possibly hurting people's feelings and killing 7 million people?
And Sel, you've never named names before, so I really had no reason to assume you would do so now.
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Re: Why on earth...
People who believe they have the right to do something...just because they feel it's something they have to do, and don't take anyone else's feelings, emotions and life into consideration, all for the greater good of something...
In MY Opinion...It Makes a BIG difference when taken in FULL context.
If this is what you feel that you do...I can't help that. I did NOT accuse you.
Funny I was thinking of my boss and the McV Killer I happened to mention. There was a big discussion on him on the radio as I drove into work. Nothing more...nothing less.
Have a pleasant day *g*
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Secondly, I feel the need to add that the original entry had a bit added, namely that these people reminded you of Hitler.
Thirdly, my point stands. Hitler did not at all condone free speech, and since I still consider myself part of these people, it still applies to me.
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And over here, in the peanut gallery...
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Re: And over here, in the peanut gallery...
[Seriously. Ta.]
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Re: And over here, in the peanut gallery...
Er. That was weird on so many levels.
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Re: And over here, in the peanut gallery...
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I was called Hitler too!
Not so fast, but here it is:
HAYZ: I may sound like a bully, but I know I have people who agree with me. Stick to what you started, or you just look weak.
???: Hhhhhmmmm. I wonder if you would have said that to Hitler if he expressed doubts about continuing the holocaust.
That incredibly offended me at the time because I have strong views about prejudice. I can laugh now, because we smoothed it out and apologies were made, but I was called hitler, or at least a nazi, too!
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I repeat:
[Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
[From The Jargon File]