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For those not acquainted with Godwin's Law, here it is, from the Jargon File

Godwin's Law /prov./ [Usenet] "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.

Some time ago, I submitted Nick's corollary to Godwin's Law. Recent events lead me to add a second and third corollary to Godwin's Law:

In addition to mention of Nazis or Hitler, the probability of a participant accusing another of being a terrorist or making references to past or present terrorist attacks approaches 100%.

Further, as any thread progresses, the probability of an opponent's grammar or spelling becoming the sole point of attack approaches 100%. As one of our morons.org readers once observed, "nothing says 'I give up' like attacking another person's grammar."

Again, Godwin's Law applies to these cases as well; the thread ends, and whoever used the phrase has automatically lost the argument.