Because badness = Nazism
Wherever there are online screeds that someone doesn’t like;
You’ll find “That’s what the Nazis say!”
Or “Göring often thought that way!”
Or “Auschwitz still exists today -
It’s just like the Third Reich!”
And other frothing rants from those whose brains have gone on strike.
Discussions on the internet abide by Godwin’s Law:
As comment threads are slowly spun,
The chance of a comparison
To Hitler’s reign approaches one.
Of that you can be sure.
The best approach, as Fawlty reasoned: don’t mention the war.
No matter what the topic is, or what is being said;
Some sorry troll will always come
And follow Godwin’s rule of thumb;
Reductio ad Hitlerum
Will raise its ugly head;
And render any argument immediately dead.
I love the fact that I can hear the 'Strine' in this, especially in the second verse. Well, to me, on the other side of the planet, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI love being reminded that sometimes people and cephalopods drop by from a long way away. To phrase it in the appropriate vernacular: I'm bloody stoked - cheers, bigears.
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