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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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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[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]