Over at the Chicago Tribune letters page, there was a very clever response from a fellow named Andy to the claim that the constitutional abuses, etc. are working because, "well, look, we haven't been attacked again!"
Andy wrote, "I have a rock that keeps tigers away. Would you like to buy it? I've kept it outside of my house for years, and I haven't been attacked by a single tiger. That makes sense, doesn't it?"
Of course, while Bush is full of it - the "security" measures that have been implemented are mediocre at the best, there is a basic probability that the President could be connected to national security, while Andy's rock can't be. The causal argument is fallacious in both cases.
ReplyDeleteBut Andy's is funny.........
ReplyDeleteWell, Andy would get a smiley face next to his F, and Dubya wouldn't get anything!
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