On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:29:03 +0000, Roy Brown 
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>In message <[log in to unmask]>, Brice 
Yokem
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>>On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:35 +0000, Roy Brown
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>>>In message <000001c883ec$173ad030$45b07090$@net>, Denys 
Beauchemin
>>><[log in to unmask]> writes
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>>>>It would take a few years to get those things on line and I can
>>>>guarantee you the eco-Nazis will fight every goosestep of the way,
>>>>before they resort to outright sabotage and terrorism.
>
>>>I call Godwin.
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><snip>
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>>However, Godwin's Law itself can be abused, as a distraction or
>>diversion, that fallaciously miscasts an opponent's argument as
>>hyperbole, especially if the comparisons made by the argument are
>>actually appropriate.
>
>If anyone thinks that Denys' arguments are not hyperbole

Maybe, but the term Eco-Nazi is appropriate.

>> A 2005 Reason magazine article argued that Godwin's Law is often
>>misused to ridicule even valid comparisons.[9]  ;->
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>and that the comparisons are appropriate
>
>then there would seem to be no way I can reach them :-(
>--
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