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Originally posted by Anne Bryant-Hamon:
Laura,
Invoking Godwin's Law seems to be growing in popularity these days -- not surprisingly. * Godwin's Law itself can be abused as a distraction or diversion, that fallaciously miscasts an opponent's argument as hyperbole, especially if the comparisons made by the argument are actually appropriate.* It is an especially handy tool used to close the doors of communication and reign in the free exchange of ideas. Why is it that you are always trying to silence people? Can't you read a discussion without trying to vanquish it?
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What part of your own statement
*Can you not hear sarcastic hyperbole? * did you not mean?
Comparing today's America to Hitler's Germany IS hyperbole, and it remains that way unless you can make a good case proving otherwise - and by "good case" I mean facts, numbers, statistics, and specific instances.
*this portion of my response was directly lifted from one of Anne's posts which I was replying to*
[This message has been edited by Laura Heidy-Halberstein (edited September 06, 2008).]