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-The "Politician's Syllogism" is a logical fallacy of the form:
+#redirect [[Something must be done]]
-# 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}}
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Yes (Prime) Minister]]