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Godwin's law
Godwin's lawA maxim stating that the longer an online debate continues, the higher the likelihood that a comparison will be made to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. The concept is credited to American lawyer and author Mike Godwin. Someone in this thread will be compared to Hitler soon enough—it's just Godwin's law.See also: lawGodwin's Law
Godwin's Law (usenet, humour)"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, theprobability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitlerapproaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that,once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentionedthe Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was inprogress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees theexistence of an upper bound on thread length in thosegroups. However there is also a widely recognised codicilthat any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order toinvoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
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