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To: frankw1900 who wrote (52799)	10/18/2002 10:35:03 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Springtime for Hitler nytimes.com This column was previously posted by Scott in #reply-18129156 ,so I won't copy it. The appeaser line has certainly been popular around here for a long time, usually with a Godwin's Law illustration tacked on for good measure. The traitor line isn't quite as common, but it's certainly come up. Anyway, in this column Krugman notes a generalization of Godwin's Law beyond its usual context on the political front. It ain't pretty, but then, I don't think the whole war marketing/propaganda campaign is particularly pretty either. As to sarcasm and such, I think irony is a fairly natural response to propaganda; sarcasm is sort of irony outside of editorial control. Like Andrew Sullivan and Maureen Dowd, I'm sure I'd do better with editorial oversight, but that's not the nature of this particular august forum. Overall, the thread would probably work better if people in general read more and posted less, but that's life.