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-Godwins
Law = "Mention
Hitler and
the [
thread]
is over."
(Or at least
the ''rational
'' part
of the thread is over
...)
+__Godwin's
Law__ :
+
+ <br> As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or
Hitler approaches one.
+
+<br> __Corollary of Practicality__ :
+
+ <br> There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs,
the thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress
. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups.
+
+<br> __Gordon's Restatement of Newman's Corollary to Godwin's Law__ :
+
+
<br> Libertarianism
(pro, con, and internal faction fights) is
the primordial netnews discussion topic. Anytime the debate shifts somewhere else, it must eventually return to this fuel source.
+
+<br> __Morgan
's Corollary to Godwin
's Law__ :
+
+ <br> As soon as such a comparison occurs, someone will start a Nazi-discussion spinoff thread on alt.censorship.
+
+<br> __Sircar
's Corollary__ :
+
+ <br> If the online discussion touches on homosexuality or Heinlein, Nazis or Hitler are mentioned within three days.
+
+<br> __Van der Leun
's Corollary__ :
+
+ <br> As global connectivity improves, the probability
of actual Nazis being on
the Net approaches one
.
+
+<br> __Miller's Paradox__ :
+
+ <br> As a network evolves, the number of Nazi comparisons not forestalled by citation to Godwin's Law converges to zero
.
