tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post7220879236129868795..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-16989862862944313632010-03-18T04:15:11.531+13:002010-03-18T04:15:11.531+13:00You write: "That translates as: "I am no...You write: "That translates as: "I am not going to call down wrath of Godwin - certain historical figures were also 'extremely clever and dangerous'". In other words he compares Marc to Hitler! How's that for an ad hominem argument! It's a classic!"<br /><br />The "Godwin" that the physicist referred to is Mike Godwin, who coined Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies (Godwin's Law). It states that: ""As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."<br /><br />The references to Hitler are an informal fallacy known as Reductio ad Hitlerum, in which it's claimed that a policy leads to (or is the same as) one advocated or implemented by Adolf Hitler, thus proving that the original policy is evil or bad. Really, it's no more than guilt by association. <br /><br />The warmists resort to these types of attacks and fallacies because they have nothing else...and they believe people are dumb enough to fall for it.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787365829018329681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-24730670281086941862010-03-16T22:47:33.565+13:002010-03-16T22:47:33.565+13:00Today we learn that Lord Christopher Monckton has ...Today we learn that Lord Christopher Monckton has once again come forward to warn the United States of America – and the entire world we expect, that the United Nations will try again to get their ‘treaty’ passed in Bonn, Germany. The video of Lord Monckton speaking is found at the Cfact link. <br />(click here) http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-voted-them-in.html~~Just Me in T~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12688756480412704251noreply@blogger.com