03-06-2009, 06:44 PM | #11 |
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You don't understand Godwin's law. It doesn't render offlimits any use of Nazi Germany as a moral touchstone or to make a philosophical point. That would be stupid, and dangerous, wouldn't it? The point is that the simile is overused.
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03-06-2009, 06:47 PM | #12 |
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Ergo, your post.
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And ironically, by voting against it you would be unwittingly casting a vote in favor of gay marriage.
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03-06-2009, 06:55 PM | #14 |
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*shrug* Whatever. You know what I meant.
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03-06-2009, 06:58 PM | #15 |
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I don't really get the "I didn't make an informed and principled decision" defense. Although for many people it is no doubt true.
If you didn't think, feel, deliberate in any meaningful fashion before acting, maybe you deserve to lose your job. I'm much more sympathetic to someone saying, "I thought hard about this, and I decided to support Prop 8." But what we see are people who are trying to please both sides--their "gay friends" and their church leaders. |
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Hmm, Tex gets it and Seattle ignores it. If you are to use the simile, make certain it's a tight fight, not one so lose and sloppy.
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Not really different from any other time, I guess.
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As for the "blind" obedience thing, I used the words "so called" for a reason. I don't buy it.
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