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Donald Ian Rankin

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Mon Jun-14-10 09:24 AM
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Can anyone suggest a substitute for "Hitler was vegetarian"?

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The standard rhetorical response (at least from the lazy) when challenged with "X agrees with you on this, X is wrong about a great deal of other things, therefore you are wrong about this" is "Hitler was a vegetarian".

The problem with this response is that, while it makes the case clearly, it's wrong - Hitler wasn't a vegetarian.

Can anyone suggest a good alternative - I like "a stopped clock is right twice a day", but that makes a subtly different point.

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