attorney28. I agree 100% with you there is no need to mention Hitler on FT. I honestly do not feel anyone was being insulting to Germans or yourself on FT.

Perhaps some may not have heard of the Godwin's Law I quoted above:

Godwin's Law

Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet]

"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress.

Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. 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...win_s_Law.html

[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited Feb 02, 2004).]