[johnfn]

But I'm not comparing filesharing to slavery.

You see? Even you missed that point. And it was in all caps. You think that italics would have helped? :P

Maybe I just shouldn't even make reference to slavery at all. No matter how tangentially related the reference is. It's like an inverse Godwin's law where you try to say something like "this one guy, who was incidentally Hitler's friend, said something that refutes your point..." and your interlocutor automatically claims Godwin's law.

[dang]

Right. If you fly close to a black hole there's no point complaining about getting sucked in.