[Gllug] NHS opt out - IBM and the Nazis

[Matthew King]

Chris Jones <cmsj at tenshu.net> writes:

> Hi
>
> Jason Clifford wrote:
>> My understanding is that Godwin does not apply is the reference is 
>> actually relevant to the discussion.
>
> You can't seriously think that the NHS trying to make a national
> database (something our government utterly, utterly sucks at, so there's
> no reason to assume it will even happen) is in any way relevant to IBM
> making databases for the Nazis?!

sarcasm (plural sarcasms)

   1. (uncountable) A form of humor that is marked by mocking with
      irony, typically with vocal over-emphasis via tone or volume (cf.,
      farce)

Matthew

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