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When Godwin’s Law doesn’t apply

August 11, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

I generally adhere to Godwin’s Law, which states that the first person to compare to Hitler or the Nazis in an online debate has lost the argument. I believe the Holocaust is a uniquely terrible event in history. Therefore, it ought rarely be compared to anything.

When might I diverge from this? When people kill other people, take the body parts, call them trash, and then declare it’s better that this trash be used for research rather than just be thrown out.

Human tissue can be used for research. That’s not the point. It’s all about intent: When we purposefully kill, and the person killed never gave consent to be used for research, then it’s a crime, whether or not the state recognizes it as such.
Over time, the state has recognized immoral actions as legal. What is legal isn’t what is right by a long shot. People get confused about this.
When we use baby body parts and express a callous disregard for that life and those parts then we have indeed entered criminal, and yes, I’d argue, Nazi territory. Most of even the most strident pro-choicers get it, because some of the folks in the blogosphere who never miss a beat blogging about any and every abortion-related story have fallen quite silent this time. That, by the way, is a hopeful sign.
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