Godwin's Law
<usenet, humour> "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of
a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in
many groups that, once this occurs, that 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. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any
intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending
effects will be unsuccessful.
[Jargon].
(2003-10-06)
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