Comparisons to Nazi Germany are made too often nowadays. The Nazi's make a great example of a morally bankrupt totalitarian regime and a reference to them tends to bring up strong images and emotions. Unfortunately this effect is over used and any organization or person that perpetrates the slightest injustice runs the risk now of being compared to the Nazis. There are several reasons this is a bad thing. First and foremost, this sort of reference is extremely disrespectful to holocaust survivors and others who bear the physical and emotional scars of the true Nazis. For instance calling a professor who refuses to grant a re-grade request a Nazi doesn't just vilify the professor, it also promotes ignorance about how horrible the Nazis really were. When comparisons are drawn they tend to work in both directions. The professor is stained by the gross hyperbole of the analogy but the horrors of the holocaust are somewhat trivialized at the same time since the metaphore implies that the Nazis were just jerks who didn't grant re-grades. This is a ridiculous complement to a group that tortured and murdered over 12 million people. I could go on about several other reasons we shouldn't lightly toss around comparisons with Nazi Germany but I'm more tired than I thought and it's late so I'm going to crash. Lila Tov and Lehitraot.   ¶ 12:24 AM