Logical fallacy: False analogy.
On 3 Dec 2009 at 12:15, Arlo Bensinger wrote: > [Platt] > Wry smiling is appropriate... > > [Arlo] > Wow. Never has one post threaded together so many squawking points so > succinctly. As for "the intellectual integrity of the entire > scientific edifice" being threatened, well, only in the minds of > right-wing anti-intellectuals for whom it was already The Great > Enemy. I mean, this would be like saying the "entire edifice of > Christianity's integrity is abolished" when Jimmy Swaggart got busted > doing coke with a whore. Or the "intellectual integrity of the > Republican party" was threatened when Larry Craig got busted trying > to arrange a homosexual bang in an airport bathroom. I'd say its > grossly out of proportion, but again, for those who base their > ideology on anti-intellectualism, its expected. > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
