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Comment on: EUGENICS WATCH!

Eugenics - Galton - Nazis - Just crazy ideas???

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Godwin's Law is not LAW!

the test of whether I am using or misusing the emotionally loaded NAZI word is not merely that I refer to the Nazis in my argument.

Godwin is correct in that ths "N" word is sometimes used as an unfair label on one's opponents.

But check my arguments. The Nazis manipulated many generations for their evil purposes. Are my analogies valid...or not?

Godwins law a Force field ?


Quote from above"

"once Godwin's Law is invoked, the debate is done, the invoker having lost."

This is not a law of gravity, or another scientifically established law.

The NAZIS are significant to study because they show that a highly educated society CAN quickly make BAD CHOICES and become...monsters. We must learn from their BAD example!

I agree that on the Internet people too easily call those they disagree with "Nazis". But if rational logical arguments show the similarity, then the name might fit...