Originally posted by Bigwhammy
reply to post by melatonin
This objection is known as “Tu Quoque,” or the “You too! fallacy.” It is a fallacious means of reasoning. It falls under the category of
“fallacies of relevance “.
Of course. But Tu Quoque is not always a logical fallacy when pointing out inconsistency.
I never said either was acceptable. or that it was acceptable because Jesus apparently did something similar.
I'm expecting you to apply the same standards to each situation. I think both were not devasting, a bit out of order, but protesting is not
terrorism. Perhaps the Jesus situation was a bit more violent.
However in truth you didn't even get the "you too" fallacy part right. Jesus had all authority to kick hucksters out of the temple, it was
his Father's house. It really doesn't compare to a large group of masked persons invading a worship service, vandalizing a church with offensive
graffiti, screaming obscenities and pulling the fire alarm to imply arson was taking place and create havoc. In a large building this panic can
certainly cause grave danger.
Whatever.
There is not that much difference at all. The actions are very similar. It wasn't Jesus' temple. The dudes built it. They worshipped there. They
never asked some bearded crusader to throw their tables around and manhandle their goats. For some reason the Jews still don't accept him. So the
'fathers house' business is neither here nor there.
The gay crusaders are motivated by ideology, much like Jesus. Both actions were forced on the people involved, both involved disturbing a social
event.
The point is that both situations were viewed as justified by those undertaking the actions. You want one set of actions to be deplorable, the other
to be acceptable, when there is little real difference.
Protesting is, and has always been, a method of motivating social change. It was 2000 years ago, and it is now.
Your biblical ignorance shines through, but I've grown to expect that from you. Jesus was referring to himself - his body was the temple -
they destroyed it - and it did rise in three days.
Eh? I think that might be the first time in whenever I've even bothered to post some biblical tripe.
I find it rather inane, but it illustrated how using such applied definitions of terrorism can easily be applied elsewhere.
Demonstrated ineptitude aside, even if I grant your failed analogy it is fallacious reasoning as explained above and quite telling of the
weakness of your position when one resorts to pointing their finger to unrelated events that happened 2000 years ago.
[edit on 11/17/2008 by Bigwhammy]
Nah, the issue is you that you are now applying inconsistent standards. As I noted, I have only just said that I think both are not terrorism, they
were protests. But I think the Jesus situation looked rather more violent.