Book Review: Crimes Against Logic-Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists and Other Serial Offenders - Jamie Whyte.

Ever argue with a jackass only to have them assert their right to have their own opinion?  Didn’t know quite what to say?  If you had read Crimes Against Logic by philosopher/lecturer Whyte, you could have said “Yes, but you aren’t entitled to have your opinion be true.”  Furthermore you would know that this stupid cliche is, at its root, an example of the logical fallacy of equivocation.  This concise (157 page), and hilarious book also exposes the Motive Fallacy, the Authority fallacy, begging the question, misusing statistics, prejudice and other affronts to reason. Warning: After you read this book, you’ll have plenty of responses to logical fallacies but you may have fewer jackasses to argue with. Is that so bad?