Godwin's Law:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's Law.
I porpose the Blackwell Corollary to Godwin's Law:
When a political candidate attempts to use an opponent's voting record to tie that opponent in the voter's minds to the National Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), that race can now be considered over and the opponent so slandered declared the likely victor
Blackwell's desperate.
Buckeye State Blog.
The Beacon Journal.
I've said it before. The guy is nuts.
