In a message of Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:23:07 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen writes: >Laura Creighton writes: > >> Johannes, if you don't know "Yes, Minister" then you most likely do >> not know the Politician's Syllogism (which now has its own wikipedia >> page :) And I _didn't_ do it! Honest!) >> >> Something must be done. >> This is something. >> Therefore we must do it! > >Surely that's to be worded as follows? To have a stricter syllogistic >form. > >We need to do something. >This is something. >Therefore we need to do this.
Somehow doesn't have the same comedic ring, though. So the version I posted is what was on the tv show. (Or rather in Yes, Prime Minister.) The Minister becomes Prime Minister for the last 2 seasons. In the television show it is just called 'Politician's Logic'. Not sure who started calling it the Politicians Syllogism. Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list