XPost: alt.slack, talk.politics, alt.discordia   
   From: iiiiii@iiiii   
      
   "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   
      
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