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The "Politician's Syllogism" is a logical fallacy of the form:
# We must do something
# 'This' is something
# Therefore we must do 'this'

Aptly demonstrated in this episode of Yes Minister:

{{#ev:youtube|vidzkYnaf6Y}}

{{quote|Sir Arnold: It’s the old logical fallacy: All cats have four legs. My dog has four legs…..

Sir Humphrey: ...Therefore my dog is a cat.

Sir Arnold: He’s suffering from politician’s logic.

Sir Humphrey: Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

Sir Arnold: But doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing.

Sir Humphrey: Doing anything is worse than doing nothing}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Yes (Prime) Minister]]

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−	~~{{quote\|Sir Arnold: It’s the old logical fallacy: All cats have four legs. My dog has four legs…..~~
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−	~~Sir Humphrey: ...Therefore my dog is a cat.~~
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−	~~Sir Arnold: He’s suffering from politician’s logic.~~
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−	~~Sir Humphrey: Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.~~
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−	~~Sir Arnold: But doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing.~~
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−	~~Sir Humphrey: Doing anything is worse than doing nothing}}~~
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−	~~== Real Life ==~~
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−	~~=== UK Government - Exercise - 29 Aug 2012 ===~~
−	~~{{quote\|Conservatives' health spokesman Darren Millar said~~ [[~~something~~ must be done~~\|more must be done]] to "coax people to do more and get off their sofa".~~
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−	"If they [the Welsh government] are flogging a dead horse it has to change," he said.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19404492 Welsh health survey: One in three take no exercise] - BBC News</ref>}}
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−	~~As one wag put it, "Well, yes, obviously; stop flogging it...<ref>[http://www.longrider.co.uk/blog/2012/08/29/orwell-had-it-sorted/ Orwell Had it Sorted] - Longrider blog</ref>~~
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−	~~==References==~~
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