261: Regarding Mussolini
Regarding Mussolini |
Title text: Constantly stopping these briefings halfway through is becoming a pain. |
Explanation
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The scene in the comic shows generals of the British and Commonwealth forces discussing about Benito Mussolini's invasion of Egypt. Mussolini and Hitler were each commanders of Axis powers during World War II, so comparisons between them are almost certain to arise.
As the title text suggests, it would have been detrimental to the war effort if the expanded version of Godwin's Law had been enforced by actually ending meetings to plan war strategy whenever Hitler was appropriately mentioned.
The joke is that in this situation, because the subject of the debate was World War Two, Hitler should be mentioned, and doing so is not an ad hominem attack.
Transcript
- [Three people are standing around a map. One of them is pushing something with a stick.]
- [A messenger arrives.]
- Messenger: General, Italian forces have entered Egypt.
- General: As I expected. This is a foolish move by Mussolini, but like Hitler he will no doubt force his commanders to—
- Messenger: Hey. Godwin's Law.
- General: Dammit.
- General: You know, this may become a problem.
Discussion
Hitler? I 'ardly KNOW 'er! ...Sorry. 162.158.72.191 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) Hey! Godwin's Law.
Note: in 2017, Mike Godwin said it's not wrong to compare Trumpism to Nazism. -- 162.158.159.132 10:42, 15 May 2023 (UTC)