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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:
-{{#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}}
-== 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]]