godwins law of nazi analogies  Mon, 2010-01-18 17:22Kevin
Grandia Kevin Grandia's picture  The wacky land of Amy Ridenour
From time to time we hear from a small DC group with the
impressive sounding name: the "National Centre for Public Policy
Research" (NCPPR). Their president Amy Ridenour takes a jab at
DeSmogBlog yesterday with this strange sentence - obviously
crafted to incite controversy:  "Kindness is not usually a term
one associates with the anti-Holocaustglobal warming denier
website DeSmogBlog, but its staff has made an exception today."
I am assuming that much like her friend Christopher Monckton,
Ridenour has not heard of the Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies.
The basic point Godwin makes is that as a conversation online
progresses, the likelihood of someone mentioning Nazis or the
Holocaust becomes more likely.  I sent an email to Ridenour
assistant, David Almasi, the other night asking for an
explanation and also pointing out that in the four years I have
managed the DeSmogBlog I have never used