Godwin's Law - Are you a Nazi?

I'm not sure how true it is, but it sure was funny...

I happened across a reference to Godwin's Law today. I must admit, I've never seen this happen before, but it is very funny nonetheless!

Here's a quote from Wikipedia explaining what Godwin's Law is:

"Godwin’s law is often cited in online discussions as a caution against the use of inflammatory rhetoric or exaggerated comparisons, especially fallacious arguments of the reductio ad Hitlerum form.

The rule does not make any statement as to whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin’s law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions, the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages."

I've been involved in a lot of very long discussions in a large variety of topics. Some of them have gotten very heated, to be sure! None, however, have ever made reference to Hitler. At least none that I can recall. :)