(September 18, 2015 at 11:41 am)houseofcantor Wrote:(September 18, 2015 at 11:12 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: It's s curt example as I explained.
Doesn't make it less of a strawman. Makes it a troll thread. But reading RS, CL, and Napoleon makes it a good read; the other guy, not so much.
Well that wasn't my intention. In truth the fallacy I am attempting to describe doesn't even apply to only Muslims. Just they use it most commonly. You could also apply it to people attempting to defend any number of groups such as fundamentalist Christianity or the kkk (don't read that as Muslims are like the kkk, many aren't)
Basically the fallacy is attempting to cover the actions of a given group under the silent majority, in cases where the silent majority is irrelevant.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
