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Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage that Mike Godwin formulated in 1990. The law states:[2]

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. It is considered poor form to raise arbitrarily such a comparison with the motive of ending the thread. There is a widely recognized codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's Law will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as "Quirk's Exception").[5]

Godwin's Law does not apply to discussions directly addressing genocide, propaganda, or other mainstays of the Nazi regime. Instead, it applies to inappropriate, inordinate, or hyperbolic comparisons of other situations (or one's opponent) with Hitler or Nazis or their actions.

As an extension of Godwin's Law, it should be noted that various global warming advocates have been comparing skeptics to Holocaust deniers.[citation needed] Since the debate is clearly about climate change, not fascism, the use of such a comparison is an instance of Godwin's Law in action.

В общем закон: в продолжительной сетевой дискуссии вероятность сравнений включающих нацистов или Гитлера стремится единице. (переведено творчески, претензии расматриваются)

традиция: кто помянул Гитлера или нацистов если это не сабж - тот и слил.