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To: Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
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From: Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Subject: Re: Pure Python Data Mangling or Encrypting
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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