Bad Arguments Again

In case you didn't get the message from this post, here's another quotation:

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Mind you, many of the people campaigning for ratification of the Lisbon Treaty are doing so while muttering under their breath "we shouldn't have to do this; referendums are wrong". You won't have to wait long for these people to refer to the use of plebiscites in Nazi Germany. Try this as an argument:

Hitler liked referendums and Nietzsche; Hitler was evil; therefore referendums and Nietzsche are wrong. Therefore, the best way of promoting a cause is to use faulty arguments.

Sigh.