Related to Godwins Law. Only instead of comparing an event to those of Nazis or Hitler, Iantos Law will claim the death of a fictional character is equal to or worse than the death of a real person.

Named after the death of fictional character Ianto Jones in BBC sci-fi drama special "Torchwood: Children of Earth". This death was taken badly by fans of the gay character, leading some to even claim it was equally or more traumatic that the deaths of actual friends or relatives.

When Nazis are used in an argument as an example, in a situation where a reference to them is actually valid, Godwin's law gets nullified and is in fact considered a cheap tactic by some who, rather than using intellectual discourse, throw some kind of usenet fad as if it was ever of any real importance outside their geeky lives.

vt. To invoke Godwin's Law by associating something or someone with Nazis, Hitler, or Nazi Germany.

This law comes into play when a person uses the phrases "shouldn't we be focusing on the soliders" or "shouldn't we be focusing on the war?" when they deem a certain news item frivolous. The longer the conversation about said 'frivolous" news goes on, the more likely it is that someone will bring up soldiers or war and that others will start parroting the phrase. It's often used to shut down a conversation, after all, who can argue that the news shouldn't be focusing on the war or on soldiers? However, they person using Roddan's law is rightfully ignored.

Zane's Law states that nearly everything in life can be compared to Nazis or Hitler. This law also states that in politics, anything can always be related to Nazis or Hitler. This law is an expanded version of Godwin's Law.

The faster and larger an online discussion grows, the probability of a civilized conversation based on the original topic approaches 0.

A term that originated on Facebook, Chapman's Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will question if a photo of someone is displaying their cumface. When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Chapman's Law has effectively forfieted the argument.