So many people have adopted "Godwin's Law" as meaning the total, and complete prohibition of the use of any reference to Hitler's reign when discussing any other topic. That acceptance has become really pervasive, even here at TL. The idea that the most profound and horrible event of the 20th. century should be off-limits in describing other issues, is just too intellectually stupid to give it a second's validity. To be sensitive, to use analogies appropriately, to not cheapen the meaning by glib overuse is, of course, self evident.

The lessons of that period in history are just too powerful and important  to NOT use them when referring to them adds exactly the element a speaker is trying to convey.

Just a couple of weeks ago we were having a discussion here at TL about the reasons the Republicans are so much more successful in carrying out their agenda than Democrats, regardless of the majority/minority status of either party.

In my couple of comments I made reference to the stories my father told me about his escaping Poland just ahead of the German's invasion, the Blitzkrieg. When I asked him how it was he saw what was coming when the rest of his relatives stayed behind in Poland and, of course, got slaughtered, my father, a psychiatrist answered, "The Look." He had studied Hitler's speeches, saw the affect they were having on the German population, and finally watched the resolve & determination of the German military. Now, all soldiers are determined but the German's were higher by a factor of ten; they had "The Look."

Anyway, I used "the look" analogy in describing why the R's always beat our a$$es off on important issues, and why facts, figures, and being right simply don't measure up. I said that until the Democrats get the kind of leadership that inspires our Representatives to that same degree, simply being right will continue to simply mean we'll keep getting our butts kicked.

For that I was called out, and told that my post was the most disgusting one that was ever posted on TL, using "the look" reference was beneath contempt, and that they would never, ever respond to another one of my posts.

because war....any war, always turns a corner and begins to create its own reasons for being.