Godwin's law (the probably of a reference to Nazis approaches 1 as the length of an internet discussion approaches infinity) follows as a simple corollary of th

Godwin's law (the probably of a reference to Nazis approaches 1 as the length of an internet discussion approaches infinity) follows as a simple corollary of the Infinite Monkey Theorem. The irony of Godwin's law is that it was originally intended to be a way to point out bad argumentation techniques, yet it is almost always invoked inside a bad argument. I would propose an alternative law which I believe better captures the kernel of truth in Godwin, namely: "A discussion can be considered to have been derailed or to have become unproductive once a hysterical analogy unrelated to the original topic has been invoked".