I take all of your points well, but “disappointing,” “low,” and “churlish” are not reasons to pull a post.
True. We don’t have a magic manual for when to pull a post. The only test I know of is that someplace in your gut you feel it wasn’t right for some reason.
Unless a post hurts someone undeservedly or otherwise tampers with the order of the universe, I’d just as soon leave it up as a reminder of my own misstep.
There are many people, myself included, who believe that using Nazi analogies or metaphors for anything other than the horrors of genocide tends to diminish the significance of what occurred in Europe in the 30s and 40s.
To that extent, it often makes me blanche when I see others toss it around on matters that, I am sure you would agree, are trite compared to what happened. I think it’s disrespectful to those families that went through that inferno.
I know that your intent was only wanted to skewer Yodle, but in doing so I think you have inadvertently insulted and disrespected many others.
It’s probably unhelpful to note that I haven’t analogized Yodle to anything connected with the Third Reich (“you know who else lied? Hitler, that’s who”), but only (clumsily?) pointed out the unfortunate reverberations of Yodle’s chosen name.
Charles B. "Brad" Frye
November 9, 2010 at 10:41 pm - Reply
OK. Struggling here. “Yodle” equals “Jodl,” right? Just asking.
By the way, I like the new gladiator motif/template on the main page.
Now you’re just bouncing the rubble.
Kinda low, dude.
Unlike your previous posts on Yodle, this post is churlish. Disappointing.
I agree with the prior commenters. You devalue your prior postings with this one. You might want to re-think it and pull the post.
I’m sorry to disappoint.
I take all of your points well, but “disappointing,” “low,” and “churlish” are not reasons to pull a post.
I take all of your points well, but “disappointing,” “low,” and “churlish” are not reasons to pull a post.
True. We don’t have a magic manual for when to pull a post. The only test I know of is that someplace in your gut you feel it wasn’t right for some reason.
Though many others will surely say that when Godwin’s Rule has been hit, that the original point has been lost:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Unless a post hurts someone undeservedly or otherwise tampers with the order of the universe, I’d just as soon leave it up as a reminder of my own misstep.
There are many people, myself included, who believe that using Nazi analogies or metaphors for anything other than the horrors of genocide tends to diminish the significance of what occurred in Europe in the 30s and 40s.
To that extent, it often makes me blanche when I see others toss it around on matters that, I am sure you would agree, are trite compared to what happened. I think it’s disrespectful to those families that went through that inferno.
I know that your intent was only wanted to skewer Yodle, but in doing so I think you have inadvertently insulted and disrespected many others.
I respect that.
It’s probably unhelpful to note that I haven’t analogized Yodle to anything connected with the Third Reich (“you know who else lied? Hitler, that’s who”), but only (clumsily?) pointed out the unfortunate reverberations of Yodle’s chosen name.
OK. Struggling here. “Yodle” equals “Jodl,” right? Just asking.
By the way, I like the new gladiator motif/template on the main page.
Jodl, Yodle; Yeti, Schmeti.