just looked up Godwin's Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
sounds like an advanced move in Mornington Crescent!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent
If I'm allowed a defence under that law it's that I was using the Nazis as an example of totalitarianism arising in a country where most people no doubt believed they were proudly supporting their leader but also demanded that others show no disrespect. Nothing to do with genocide.