That's the link I read. Is the Broken Window Fallacy (economic) saying that the logic in the Broken Window Theory (social) is fallacious? If so, I fail to see the correlation between the two. In fact, if this is the case, it would seem BW fallacy is a Strawman fallacy since BW theory has nothing to do with economics.

 

I don't think the Broken Window Fallacy is trying to address the theory at all, but if it is then I agree with your assertion and it wasn't my intention at all.

That's right, and the determination of whether or not that was a good idea needs to be based on whether or not it WAS a good idea, not the fact that he was a Republican, the fact that he's had three heart attacks, the fact that he's a mean-spirited monster who eats small babies, or any of the other nonsense the far left spouts on a routine basis, couched as criticism of the no-bid process.

Now I remember why I stopped posting in Politics. It was because of people placing these types of generalized assumptions on me based on a specific and particular opinion I held. I consider them an affront, and particularly hypocritical in your case, Pangloss, considering how you hate people ascribing motives and thoughts to you that you did NOT express.

Now I remember why I stopped posting in Politics. It was because of people placing these types of generalized assumptions on me based on a specific and particular opinion I held. I consider them an affront, and particularly hypocritical in your case, Pangloss, considering how you hate people ascribing motives and thoughts to you that you did NOT express.

 

I apologize if I read too much into what you were saying. It just struck me as being a little too ABB. I may be a jerk sometimes, but I'm damned well even-handed about it. I did exactly the same thing when people insisted that Bush "lied" about WMDs, and such is the case with the no-bid/cronyism accusations as well. I agree that the question transcends the domain of the Michael Moore and MoveOn.org crowd, but until there's actual evidence of cronyism, I won't tolerate it being called that here.

 

But like you said earlier, you weren't complaining about cronyism, you were complaining about the larger issue of whether no-bid contracts are a good idea, so it was inappropriate for me to draw that conclusion.