Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Pinko induction explained

Ali: “Somehow, the idea got into their [Hasan’s and Shahzad’s] minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and that they would be rewarded in the hereafter.”

Smiley: “But Christians do that every single day in this country.”

Ali: “Do they blow people up?”

Smiley: “Yes. Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that’s what Columbine is — I could do this all day long.

3 comments:

Mr roT said...

Argument technique #1 on HuffPo.

Tecumseh said...

P(n) holds for n=1. Therefore, P(n) holds for all n\geq 1. A tried and true technique.

Mr roT said...

I think of this as more of a post hoc ergo propter hoc?

No?