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Derek
 
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Default The collateral deaths argument and the 'Perfect Solution Fallacy": a false dilemma.

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:32:52 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:
>"Derek" > wrote
>>
>> The Perfect Solution Fallacy.
>> The perfect solution fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs
>> when an argument assumes that a perfect solution exists

>
>Veganism
>
>> and/or that a solution should be rejected because some part
>> of the problem would still exist after it was implemented.
>> Presumably, assuming no solution is perfect then no solution
>> would last very long politically once it had been implemented.
>> Still, many people (notably utopians)

>
>ie vegans
>
>> seem to find the idea of
>> a perfect solution compelling, perhaps because it is easy to
>> imagine.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_solution_fallacy
>>
>> Read it and find that you've been wasting your time on the
>> collateral deaths issue for years, I'm glad to say.

>
>Har har


There's no getting away from it; the collateral deaths argument
against veganism is a fallacy.