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> There's Godwin's Law

That's what I was thinking of at the time. Since I've seen this happen so many times, I'd assumed someone had already staked a claim on it, but you never know.

In any event, I'd say the utility of Lowthers Law is not as a way of saying "I win!" but of saying "My God you're dull and repetative and not at all clever, and I'm bored debating with you." But that's just me.

"My God you're dull and repetative and not at all clever, and I'm bored debating with you."

Yes, but then we'd get a whole list of laws for dealing with a never-ending list of dumb debate tactics. And invoking one of them would only bewilder your opponent. It's much easier, at least for me, to recognize that when a poster makes an ignorant claim like: "There's no evidence for evolution," and I give him some links pointing him to some information to help him out, only to be told: "I can't wait 'til you stand in judgment and learn how wrong you are!" I just have to accept that I'm dealing with an incurable ignoramus. At that point I break off the conversation. He's happy in his righteousness, and I'm happy to stop wasting time.