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To: Win Smith who wrote (71858)	2/6/2003 4:31:11 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Ah yes, Godwin's "Law" brought up by Win Smith every time someone notes the remarkable smilarities between Hussein's efforts to rearm and those of Germany in the 30s. Godwin's "Law" is always invoked by Win Smith whenever the discussion becomes too descriptive of the dictatorship by a fascist, psychopathic man, who is a fan of Stalin and who has expansionary ambitions very similar to those of the German dictator of the 1930's. Godwins "Law" ia always trumpeted by Win Smith whenever the diplomatic technique of giving in to demands by totalitarian states is brought up in discussion of present day developments and compared, often not unreasonably , to the events of the 1930s. This is Win Smith's ultimate effort at trying to discredit the arguments of those he disagrees with. He could of course try some fact based argumentation. Why he does not do so is not clear - it could be from lack of ability, or just lack of energetic motivation. In neither case is the reason interesting. What is clear is Win Smith personally doesn't want the discussion to go in direction of looking at an extremely important time and place in 20th century History - Europe between 1930 and 1940 - for examples of events which could be instructive with regard to present situation in the Middle East. When folk take him to task on the matter, he then accuses them of "cheesy high school debating tricks."