As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of the statement 'foo' occurring, halting useful discussion, approaches one, where 'foo' is some MemeticAphorism.
FoosLaw was inspired by, and is a generalization of, GodwinsLaw.
Some special cases:
- foo == "a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler": GodwinsLaw
- foo == "a reference to 9/11" (NineEleven) : GodwinsSecondLaw
- foo == "GodwinsLaw" (related to Miller's Paradox, Quirk's Exception; see below)
- foo == "commie" or "communism"
- foo == "terrorism" or "Osama bin Laden": related to GodwinsSecondLaw
I couldn't put this in the same list:
- foo == "YouArentGonnaNeedIt"
First articulated by TimLesher.
These used to appear in the wikipedia article on Godwin's Law but were purged:
Quirk's exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.
Miller's paradox: As a network evolves, the number of Nazi comparisons not forestalled by citation to Godwin's law converges to zero.
See GodwinsLaw, QuotingNotThinking, LaynesLaw.