Foster Care in the Third Reich?
By Graham Davies
Councillor Michael Stark of Redbridge Council told Jon Gaunt of Talksport that the authority had instituted a blanket ban on smokers becoming foster carers. Jon told him he was a Nazi. From which I conclude that Adolf Hitler had a foster care policy based on an enlightened and advanced understanding of the risks of passive smoking.
Alternatively, Jon is someone who thinks it's OK to suggest that anyone he doesn't agree with him subscribes to Nazi values, attitudes and actions. These would include mass murder, racism, and crimes against humanity, which isn't an acceptable thing to say about anyone. Apart from Nazis, of course.
By Graham Davies
Councillor Michael Stark of Redbridge Council told Jon Gaunt of Talksport that the authority had instituted a blanket ban on smokers becoming foster carers. Jon told him he was a Nazi. From which I conclude that Adolf Hitler had a foster care policy based on an enlightened and advanced understanding of the risks of passive smoking.
Alternatively, Jon is someone who thinks it's OK to suggest that anyone he doesn't agree with him subscribes to Nazi values, attitudes and actions. These would include mass murder, racism, and crimes against humanity, which isn't an acceptable thing to say about anyone. Apart from Nazis, of course.
People might argue that "Nazi" is passing into common useage to mean anyone who holds fanatical views relating to anything at all. Maybe so. But words will always set off resonances which cut right back to their roots. And in an internet age, it's more critical than ever to take real care over your remarks. Anyone fancy a "crusade against terror", Mr.Bush?
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