XPost: alt.slack, talk.politics, alt.discordia
From: news2TURNIP@klyfonline.com
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:34:49 -0600, gurdjieff 0f gormorrah
wrote:
>
> "Modemac" wrote in message
> news:b71f73eb.0401190455.605be993@posting.google.com...
>> Godwin's Law states, "As a Usenet discussion thread lengthens, the
>> probability of Hitler or Nazis being invoked approaches one."
>>
>> These days, it seems more likely that someone will invoke the specter
>> of "child pornography" as the most vile, evil, disgusting subject for
>> comparison imaginable, rather than Nazis.
>>
>> For years, the net.kooks have accused anyone who disagrees with them
>> of being "pedophiles." The authors of various laws enacted to control
>> Internet content have claimed that these laws will "protect the
>> children" from the evils of pornography. The arguments against music
>> file sharing inevitably point to the fact that child porn is on the
>> Gnutella network as a reason to shut it all down. And whenever
>> someone wants to attack a subject they don't like, they find a way to
>> compare it to child pornography.
>>
>> Nazis are passe, largely thanks to Godwin's Law. But since human
>> nature is what it is, then there's probably some similar meme already
>> in existence to note the tendency of people to use "kiddie porn" as
>> the most hideous, offensive, and inhuman subject imaginable as a basis
>> for their arguments.
>
> it works another way also.....
> when you hear the words " for the sake of the children"
> you can bet your ass some constitionual [indivual]
> right(s) is gonna disappear.
>
> gurdjieff 0f gormorrah
"But if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry
about."
AAAAIGH!
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