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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
A bit over the top enkidu in comparing support for copyright to Nazism.
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I knew someone would misunderstand, so I added the other sentence to stop that (but obviously it wasn't enough).
I wasn't saying copyright proponents were exactly like the Nazis, or as bad as them, I was comparing their
situations. Both were the majority in their time and place (and the former still are). And my point was that being in the majority doesn't make one right (regardless of your opinions of Nazis and copyright proponents) and the Nazis were an excellent example because they were both in the majority and very wrong.
Comparing someone to something bad doesn't have to be saying both are bad, for example I'll compare myself with Hitler - we both have a mustache.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Godwin's Law...
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Nope, sorry but that's wrong in this case. Godwin's Law applies to people who equate their opponents in an argument with nazis because they're too stupid and uncreative to find a good argument instead.
As I explained above, I didn't equate copyright proponents with Nazis but merely compared their situations (being in the majority, as are quadripedal mammals too).
And I am intelligent enough to fight with arguments instead of insults (unlike some here who have already resorted to calling people whining communist teens...).
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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
Anways, enkidu's right. If their had been dissenters in 30's Germany there would have been no holocaust and no second world war. Its not like hitler would have executed the dissenters or anything like that.
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Actually there were, and he would, and he did.
For example read up on Hans and Sophie Scholl (brother and sister) and the other members of the White Rose who were promptly executed by the Gestapo after naively thinking they could bring down the III. Reich with liberalist leaflets.
But you misunderstood me, I meant that if the majority had been anti-Nazi then the shit wouldn't have hit the fan like it did.
There was an anti-Nazi minority (those who didn't wholeheartedly agree with the government), and an even smaller (insignificantly small) proactive anti-Nazi minority (those who actively tried to oppose nazism) but they just weren't numerous enough to turn the tide.