Godwin's Law May Have Competition

I've always been a long time proponent of John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, but it's good to see more people picking up on the idea. Most recently Joel Spolsky has mentioned it in this post about why comments are a bad idea on blogs. Yes, I'm going to note a certain amount of irony if any comments posted here descend into the mire :)

For anyone who is curious Godwin's Law states that:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

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