>One other objection to the term "selective pacifism" is that it goofs up
>the meaning of the word "pacifism" as used by 'real' and consistent
>self-labelled Pacifists. Members of the Mennonite Church, for example.
>And in anti-war coalitions it is really quite important to keep these
>terms reasonably straight so that members of those coalitions can talk
>to each other with some minimal clarity. Miscommunication could have
>seriously disruptive consequences.
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>But Max is trying by sheer violence (and I think considerable historical
>distortion) to apply the generic term "pacifist" (specifically qualified
>with "selective") to persons who never were nor never called themselves
>pacifists of any kind.
It's a logical fallacy called "undistributed middle":
E.g., "All pacifists oppose this war. Mr. Carrol Cox oppose this war. Therefore, Mr. Cox is a pacifist, and a 'selective' one to boot."
Logic is the first casualty of this war. -- Yoshie
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