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To: Junior
I'm getting weary of the Hitler analogies on FR.

An example a common method of argument: Clinton believes in highway construction. Hitler believed in autobahn construction. Hitler is a Nazi. Therefore, Clinton is a Nazi.

This is guilt by association.

Not only is this a logical fallacy, it diverts the debate onto Hitler and Nazism. Also, it does violence to civilized discussion on FR, and makes further discussion unproductive in a thread.

105 posted on 01/27/2002 8:43:34 PM PST by Gladwin
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To: Gladwin; jennyp; junior; longshadow; vaderetro
Clinton believes in highway construction. Hitler believed in autobahn construction.

Poor ol' Darwin is getting a really bad deal. It's not Darwin upon whom all the world's evils can be blamed, it's that arch-demon Thomas Edison! Think about it. Ever since he invented the electric light, and his evil followers have been using it -- polluting the divine darkness -- we've suffered communism, fascism, and a really sickening increase in teen pregnancy. And the public schools have fallen apart too. We must fight the evil of the electric light. Join me, freepers, in my holy and righteous cause!

108 posted on 01/28/2002 3:02:47 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: Gladwin
What a dumb reponse. Darwinism was the driving force behind Hitler's desire to create a master race and to exterminate the inferior and weaker in German society. Highway construction had no impact on Clinton's Presidency.
112 posted on 01/28/2002 9:49:33 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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