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Strange how Hitler gets all the credit for what the bastards standing next to him did. Hitler didn't kill six million people, the Nazi government killed six million people. Hitler was the public face that inspired fanatic loyalty, brought a country on the brink of another recession into an economic powerhouse and conquered much of Europe. The Nazi government and military was the body that decided how and when to implement the final solution.
Reading the transcript above, the argument this teacher made is about as valid as it gets. Godwin's Law is an irrational response to anything - the fact that it's internet tradition alone notwithstanding, the longer a discussion is the higher the chance of anything imaginable is used to compare.
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"'There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person,' says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex."
-- From an IGN game review.
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