Didn't you hear? Godwin is a thought terminating cliche, and I am not suffering from cognitive dissonance. You: Say that you are against people viewing images of child abuse because it revictimizes the child, or whatever I: Point out that pictures of the holocaust depict many victimized children, but that you are not against people viewing these pictures You: Hold two contadictory beliefs at the same time 1. People should not be free to look at images of child abuse (CP) 2. People should be free to look at images of child abuse (Holocaust Pictures) this induces cognitive dissonance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance to deal with your cognitive dissonance, you invoke "Godwins law" which is a thought terminating cliche: http://philosophy.thecastsite.com/readings/anonymous2.html