Re: BBC apologises for Carr's Gypsy joke


"ChrisJ" <chrisj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:25:20 -0000, "michael adams"
> <mjadams25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ian F." <cisdfnde@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> "ChrisJ" <chrisj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:a732s1d4kfp1chnrhe0igulvenf888g2bv@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> > Are you getting off on this?
> >>
> >> Just ignore him. He's like the 'Nellie Knowall' in the school
playground
> >> who always has to be better than anyone else. He'll soon go away once
we
> >> stop responding to his drivel.
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hilter sent approx a quarter of a million East European Gypsies
> >to the Gas Chambers
> >
> >http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/gypsies.html
> >
> ><quote>
> >
> >"Like the Jews, Gypsies were singled out by the Nazis for racial
> >persecution and annihilation. They were 'nonpersons,' of 'foreign
> >blood,' 'labor-shy,' and as such were termed asocials. To a degree,
> >they shared the fate of the Jews in their ghettos, in the extermination
> >camps, before firing squads, as medical guinea pigs, and being
> >injected with lethal substances.
> >
> ></quote>
> >
> >If you think I could give a damn for the opinion of a pig
> >ignorant holocaust apologist and wannabee racist like you Ian,
> >then you're sadly mistaken.
> >
> >
> >
> >michael adams
> >
> >...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Now that Hitler has been mentioned, I beleive Godwins Law can be
> invoked and this tiresome thread ended.


Wrong again.

Godwin's Law applies when comparing another situation with Hitler
or the Nazis. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

As often such comparisons are ill-informed, and exaggerated

It doesn't apply to direct references to Hitler or the Nazi's
when discussing ther activities. Because a historically accurate
reference to the activities of Hitler and the Nazis can't, by its
very nature be exaggerated.

In fact I gave the conservative estimate for the number of Gypsies
exterminated by the Nazis. 250,000 is the lower figure and there
are other estimates - given in the quoted article as well -
quoting figures of up to 600,000. Over half a million.

The fate of the Jews in the Holocaust is recognised, and rightly
so. The fate of the Gypsys is to be still vilified and made subject
to ignorant jokes.

<quote>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law

Godwin's Law (also Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies) is an adage
in Internet culture that was originated by Mike Godwin in 1990.
The law states:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
^^^^^^^^^^^^
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

</quote>

....

>
> Amen.


....

According to all published forms of the Law, your invocation
of Godwin's Law is clearly invalid.


michael adams

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