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Reply #342: I am sick of all these "war sucks, war is evil, get over it" people. Fallacy of irrelevant premise [View All]

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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-09-09 04:07 AM
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342. I am sick of all these "war sucks, war is evil, get over it" people. Fallacy of irrelevant premise
Edited on Sun Aug-09-09 04:12 AM by Leopolds Ghost
To justify a foreordained conclusion: The most popular form of sophistry.

Millions of lives would have been lost either way, GET OVER IT. Thereby rendering your "war is hell" argument pointless, sophistic, and tautological: a truism that does not demonstrate or refute anything other than "I got no problem with war in general. Lots of things suck, and they don't affect me personally." You guys like to stand back and let things happen. Like Dems are doing with Iraq right now. Letting the war continue. If 18 more American lives were being lost there every month, which thank God they are not, I bet you'd still be upset about our "own little war crime" of invading a country unprovoked, thereby "saving the lives of millions" according to some bullshit alternate reality scenario. which is all that matters to some. Those 18 or so extra lives a month justify someone else being sacrificed to meet your needs.
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