On 12/8/06, Daniel R. Tobias <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
On 6 Dec 2006 at 16:08, "Jim Schuler" <jim62sch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is not, however, the proper way to deal with
the issue. In effect,
the
editors who subscribe to wikichix have caved in
to the intimidation by
creating their own mailing list. Imagine if Rosa Parks, no matter how
tired
she was, caved in to intimidation that December
day in 1955. Imagine if
Marin Luther King had given in to intimidation and not called for the
Montgomery Bus Boycott. Caving in resolves nothing.
It seems like there ought to be something along the lines of
[[Godwin's Law]] regarding attempts to analogize people involved in a
current debate or controversy with Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King.
--
== Dan ==
Whatever. Of course, there should be a form of Godwin's Law for attempts to
analogize analogies one dislikes with Godwin's Law.
--
Jim