Update: some of my dear readers when challenged did not pick up the ironic tone of this post, so I made a few changes. Others seemed to miss the point that I'm mocking false logical arguments, thus I me just clarify that I'm mocking false logical arguments.
Test multiple choice!
1 Emotions Juan Williams seems to say: "most terrorists are Muslims, therefore I deduce that most Muslims are terrorist. It is: (a) a basic logical error, (b) a valid reason not to take a flight with people wearing "Muslim Costume", (c) implies if Juan is the fear of the risk of a terrorist attack, it should never have braved dangerous drive to the airport.
2 Somewhere a few nuts is a fan of Economist Friedrich Hayek. Therefore, it follows that: (a) because I love Hayek, I'm a nut, (b) you can logically prove that Hayek is a talk show host (c) ideas Hayek make possible a free society where nuts hazelnut things said, but you can ignore it.
3. The Nazi liked Wagner.James Levine recently conducted Das Rheingold Wagner at the met.Thus (a) James Levine is a Nazi, Wagner (b) is a Nazi, (c) the opening of Lohengrin is one of the most beautiful pieces of music of all time.
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