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Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies) is an adage that Mike Godwin formulated in 1990. The law states:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
Any chance we can become famous by observing that in today's world, "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a tangent involving Global Warming approaches one."

2pac managed to bring GW up in a discussion of the number of terrorist plots that had been thwarted.
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In terms of both the internet and the AO, the purpose of this thread has been fulfilled. Mods please lock.
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In terms of both the internet and the AO, the purpose of this thread has been fulfilled. Mods please lock.
Ah, the "Global Warming" strategy ... stifle dissent, then claim correctness by unanimous consent.

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Creating a rule regarding analogies seems like something Hitler or one of his henchmen, let's say Goebbels, would have done.
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I blame global warming on neo-Nazi groups engaging in online discussions.
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I blame online discussions on neo-Nazi groups engaging in global warming.
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Creating a rule regarding analogies seems like something Hitler or one of his henchmen, let's say Goebbels, would have done.
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