Don't mention the Nazis

Madam, - Frank McNally cites "Godwin's Law", which states that, as an online debate on any subject develops, "the probability…

Madam, - Frank McNally cites "Godwin's Law", which states that, as an online debate on any subject develops, "the probability of a comparison involving the Nazis or Hitler approaches 1" (An Irishman's Diary, November 1st).

On the same page Damien Lynch has the misfortune to cite "the ghoulish experiences of the Nazi regime" in his argument against stem-cell research.

Shall we add telepathy to Mr McNally's already well-established talents to inform and entertain? - Yours, etc,

MERVYN A CRAWFORD, Castletownshend, Co Cork.