The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69843   Message #1193668
Posted By: Bill D
25-May-04 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: It has been over 24 hrs. and.....
Subject: RE: BS: It has been over 24 hrs. and.....
" If ANYONE in uniform is guilty of being a baby-killer, just by being in uniform, since some people in uniform were baby killers ( and prosecuted for it), then if I show that some members of the anti-war group were murderers, I can claim that they all are."

sorry, bruce...logical fallacy. equivocation on the term "anyone" (all members of the category vs. any SINGLE member of the category)..and the terms 'people in uniform' and 'members of the anti-war group' are not equivalent. (fallacy of the divided middle, I believe)

dangerous place, this Mudcat....*grin*...you gotta be REAL careful.