Paul at 21:45, 26 September 2012

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			== Yes Minister ==
			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:

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			{{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}}

			== Real Life ==

			=== 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".

			"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>}}

			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>

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

			[[Category:Yes (Prime) Minister]]

Paul: Redirected page to Something Must Be Done

2012-09-05T11:31:55Z

New page

#redirect [[Something Must Be Done]]