Thread: Maemo Morality
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#57
Originally Posted by festivalnut View Post
i'm sure i already called godwin earlier in this thread!
Merely mentioning the name "Hitler" doesn't count. It is the comparison of Hitler/Nazism to some aspect of a debate in order to fallaciously drag down anothers' argument, that is at the heart of Godwin's Law.

I needn't have mentioned Hitler, but it seemed expedient to emphasize the actual point that the people you save may not be very good people, and ultimately cause more harm.