Godwins Law Rejected

Proposed marker for those who wish to refer to Hitler or Naziism on a Wiki page, or wish to continue with a discussion after such a reference in the face of GodwinsLaw.

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Questions

• Is it self-consistent?
• Is it a WikiBadge?
• Will it work?
• Will it be used?
• Should it be used?

Advanced questions

I would have used this marker on ReligiousWar had I invented it by then. What does this say about RichardDrake, WikiBadges, foreknowledge, freewill, refactoring and the problem of evil?

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You are just following Morgan's corollary (cf. GodwinsLaw) in the WikiWay. You can't win. I also refer you to the conclusion at the end of GodwinsLaw:

Of course no reply was forthcoming. Even when the participants know GodwinsLaw, GodwinsLaw still applies.

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But if GodwinsLaw cannot be rejected, doesn't this reflect more of a totalitarian-dictatorship (a la Nazi Germany) style of discussion, rather than the more democratic culture of the Wiki? Anyone who wanted to kill a thread would just have to mention the Nazis!

By George I think you're on to something

The point is that once something has been compared to Hitler/the Nazis, emotional issues override any rational ones, and the discussion is derailed. Note that GodwinsLaw does not apply when the discussion is explicitly about Hitler/the Nazis, because then nothing external is being compared to Hitler/the Nazis.

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[This argument is silly. Fascists will always exist. A fascist is born every minute. The measure of a coutry's good laws and good government is how much it can protect itself from a fascist. Most countries succeed.