[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:06:29 -0400
Judy Evans wrote:
"so it is inappropriate, even perhaps rhetorical overreach, to cite
[Godwin's] Law in reply to John."
Not at all. It is shorthand for saying that there is little to gain
from pursuing a conversation that reaches the point of including
references to Nazis. As John himself noted, it needn't have been
included but the rhetorical move is obvious: Have one's interlocutor, in
this case myself, defend the Nazis. Cute trick if one can turn it but
done to the detriment of conversation.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Toronto, ON
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