Are you familiar with Godwin's Law? Its the premise that in any disagreement or discussion there is an increasing likelihood that one side will compare the other to Hitler, or Nazis in general, even though the comparison is ridiculous and unfounded. One of the corallaries to Godwin's law is this:
There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself) than others. For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.
I propose a new law. It's called Paladin's Law and it asserts that in any modern discussion where one side is compared to Terrorists - even though the comparison is ridiculous - the side making that assertion automatically looses the argument.
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"Terrorist" and "Racist" seem to be used by the left whenever they run out of arguments; just like whenever hoplophobes can't think of anything to say they start fantasizing about the size of gunowners' dicks.
Their favorite rebuttal is an ad hominem attack.
lol... i'd never heard that law before!! I am Germain and was once told that "we" are all hotler-esque in action and personality anyways. I don't know why she found it odd to wake up on the floor.... ;)
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