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[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

>>Wikipedia, logical fallacy of "argumentum ad ignorantiam":

Alain Gottcheiner:

>Sometimes, Richard, you're too serious.

Richard Hills:

Good point.  Why should I ultra-seriously refute the
logical fallacies of the De Wael School when I can quote
Monty Python to satirise its logical fallacies instead?

:-)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

Bedevere: Quiet, quiet! There are ways of telling whether
she is a witch.
.....
Bedevere: Tell me, what do you do with witches?
Peasant #3: BURN!
Bedevere: And what do you burn apart from witches?
Peasant #1: MORE WITCHES! [Gets slapped]
Peasant #3: Wood!
Bedevere: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
Peasant #3: ... 'Cause they're made of... wood?
Bedevere: Good! So, how do we tell whether she is made of
wood?
Peasant #1: Build a bridge out of her!
Bedevere: Ahh, but can you not also make bridges out of
stone?
Peasant #1: Oh yeah.
Bedevere: Tell me, does wood sink in water?
Peasant #2: No, no, it floats. Floats!
Peasant #1: Throw her into the pond!
Bedevere: No, no, no. What also floats in water?
.....
King Arthur: [has been silent in the background] A duck.
[pause]
Bedevere: Exactly! So, logically...?
Peasant #1: ...If she weighs the same as a duck... then
she's made of wood.
Bedevere: And therefore...?
[pause]
Peasant #3: A WITCH!


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6223 9052

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