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| == Yes Minister ==
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| The "Politician's Syllogism" is a logical fallacy of the form:
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| # 'This' is something
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| # Therefore we must do 'this'
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| Aptly demonstrated in this episode of Yes Minister:
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| {{#ev:youtube|vidzkYnaf6Y}}
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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 ===
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| {{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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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Yes (Prime) Minister]]
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