10 Responses to “Jeff Jacoby is like Hitler…”

1. Richard, on December 28th, 2003 at 3:20 pm Said:

   Without wishing to be pedantic, Hitler was born on 20th April, 1889 – which means he was born in the Nineteenth Century.

2. David Weinberger, on December 28th, 2003 at 3:31 pm Said:

   Excellent! Now we know that Jeff Jacoby is different from Hitler at least in having been born in a different century.

   I think this additional comment increase the chances of my making it onto his 2004 list. I’m excited!

   (And a big D’oh to me. D’oh!)

3. Peter "Beat" Nick, on December 28th, 2003 at 8:47 pm Said:

   Dave, This is a cool site. Thanks.

4. Ryan, on December 28th, 2003 at 9:25 pm Said:

   Very funny to point out the fact on Hitler . . . I was gonna comment in the same thing but it looks like ya beat me to the punch. Anyhow – a slight misnomer when compared to the overall meaning behind the analogy!

5. Kevin Marks, on December 29th, 2003 at 4:27 pm Said:

   I think Godwin’s law applies. A comparison to Hitler automatically loses the argument.

6. Peter, on December 29th, 2003 at 4:50 pm Said:

   PS: When I said this was a cool site, of course I also meant this site, but I really meant the link–
   http://www.booksandbirds.com. Thanks again.

7. Spade, on December 30th, 2003 at 10:39 pm Said:

   Godwins law? Not sure I am familiar with it . . . any chance that you are still watching this post it would be great for ya to post with some additional info.

8. David Weinberger, on December 31st, 2003 at 10:43 am Said:

   Godwin’s Law: “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” But note: “However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin’s Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful. ”

   http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g/Godwin_s_Law.html

9. Gabriola Island, on January 3rd, 2004 at 9:47 am Said:

   I think hitler was rather unique :)

10. Ryan, on July 14th, 2006 at 12:44 am Said:

    That’s a load. There are a lot of people who were just like Hitler. Some just acted on a smaller or larger scale. i.e. Benito Mussolini smaller, Joseph Stalin far large.
    Hitler vs Stalin
    6million killed 54 million killed

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