A politicians logic

TrabiRobert · 177K views · 2008 · 0:23

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Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a joke reference to the politician's fallacy, to mock reasoning of the form 'something must be done, this is something, so do it'.

What it is

A very short clip from Yes, Prime Minister in which Sir Arnold and Sir Humphrey run through a piece of circular political reasoning. It is the origin of the so-called politician's logic.

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