CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker:
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of the U.S. public disapproves of
President Bush's decision to veto a war spending bill that called for U.S.
troops to leave Iraq in 2008, according to a CNN poll released Tuesday."
People who know me know I hate bad logic. If you have a solid message, and a good foundation you do not need bad logic. There are a number of ways that logic can go bad. If I say that
because Jesus had long hair and I have long hair, that I am Jesus, this is bad logic. Another common form of bad logic is the bandwagon approach, what this argument does is by passes debate and goes right to saying that since something is popular that it must be right. Marketing of course depends on this when they say that two out of three people prefer the taste of this over that, does that mean that it is a better product or that you will enjoy it? What it means is that you will try it and if you do not like it you may be afraid to express that feeling you are a minority.
When talking about coke or popcorn the damage probably isn't that major. However when we are talking about the politics of our nation, we should look at this in a deeper way. When you come out with a poll that says that the Iraq War is unpopular, you are using a bandwagon argument for attacking the war. There is a number of dangers in this, one is that this unpopularity becomes a topic of discussion in itself and the subject of the war is not talked about. The second is that those who feel like they disagree with this opinion may feel less inclined to express a dissenting view point, when asked at a party how they feel about the war. No one wants to be the only republican at a democratic party or the only democrat at a republican party, so when the topic comes around those who hold what they feel are unpopular views will hold back.
Lets talk about honest facts every once in a while. Lets talk about the troops that are dying in Iraq, but also lets talk about the change both good and bad that the country has seen since we invaded.
