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You know who ELSE failed to observe Godwin’s law?!

I think it would be amusing to try to demonize opponents in debates by invoking their similarity to Hitler for entirely fatuous reasons:

“You know who else liked painting, don’t you?!”
“… who else wore shoes?!”
“… who else went to school?!”
“… who else listened to the radio?!”
“… who else had facial hair?!”
“… who else was heterosexual?!”

Yes, there is a good chance that other people would fail to get the humor.  But in that case, they would probably think “What the hell is wrong with you?!” which is always a close second among my desired reactions to my jokes.

You know who else found that no one laughed at his utterances, don’t you?!

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:37:34 +0000
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2 Responses to “You know who ELSE failed to observe Godwin’s law?!”

  1. Joshua (Site Owner) Says:
    July 8th, 2010 at 08h54

    Or maybe this bit, between an author and his publisher:

    Publisher:  I enjoyed your new history book.

    Author:  Thanks.

    Publisher:  I just think that constantly comparing the people in your book to Nazis is poor form.

    Author:  I’m not “comparing” them.  The book’s about the Third Reich.  They were Nazis.

    Publisher:  See, there you go again!  And you have a huge swastika right on the front of your proposed dustjacket design!  You really think that you could get away with publishing your book with that blatant iconography?!

    Author:  It was a Nazi symbol.  It was their symbol.  They put it on a freaking flag.

    Publisher:  All I’m saying is that I don’t want to put this company in the position in which we are seen to be endorsing either a Nazi sympathizer or someone uncouth enough to, in a volume he alleges to be “history”, compare the people he discusses to Nazis.

    Author:  [looks him up and down:]  How old are you?

    Publisher:  Twenty-three.

    Author:  You’re in your twenties, and this is the best reasoning you can conjure?  Maybe eugenics wasn’t a bad idea after all.

    Publisher:  Are you telling me you wish my mother had had me aborted because I don’t seem sufficiently intelligent to you?

    Author:  Or killed at birth.  One or the other.

    Publisher:  You fucking Nazi.

    Author:  Heil Hitler!

  2. Dad Says:
    July 8th, 2010 at 20h06

    Now that’s funnier than hell.  Work that into your next novel…..

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