Mea Maxima Culpa

Well, it looks like I have been stepping in Godwin's Law:

Godwin's law (also Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an adage in Internet culture that was originated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states that:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

I do apologize to any and all readers. I promise not to go this way again. I think I will move over to Alaric as my meme.