Yep, it’s almost September again. You know, September, 1939 was when Germany invaded Poland.
September is also when a great many people get brand new computers, just in time for school. Some of them visit the SDMB for the first time. Welcome all of you!
I wouldn’t want to compare the “invasion” of the SDMB by perky new students with Hitler’s invasion of Poland because, well, it’s a clear invocation of Godwin’s Law. Some variations of Godwin’s Law claim that the first party to compare something or someone with the Nazis automatically loses the argument. I wouldn’t want to negate the very premise of this thread. As it is, it’s probably going to die a quick death anyway.
Furthermore, it would only encourage my new live-in exchange student, Goebbels’ Gerbil. He’s going to be borrowing my computer from time to time. Say hi, GG.
Goebbels’ Gerbil says:
Fucking Nazis! Fascists, too! I love you all! Come to me and be mein little Nazibuttbrethren! Adolf Hitler is the perfect analogy! Let us glory in the invocationen of his name! H-I-T-L#$^79ij,piuj
All right, enough of that, you little bastard. Why don’t you go back to watching the History Channel?
See, that’s the thing. Goebbels’ Gerbil just loves it when the Nazis are invoked, because not only does it sour virtually any debate, it also serves to lessen the monumental evils committed by the Nazis.
GG is all over that like Otto Skorzeny on the Gran Sasso.
So let’s all be careful out there, newcomers and mean old cusses alike. Let’s be careful about who we are comparing to whom. Otherwise, GG is going to be posting all over the place. I, for one, promise to be more careful in the future.