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{{quote|''"'All wood burns,' states Sir Bedevere. 'Therefore,' he concludes, 'all that burns is wood.' This is, of course, pure bullshit. Universal affirmatives can only be partially converted: all of Alma Cogan is dead, but only some of the class of dead people are Alma Cogan."''|"A Lesson in Logic", ''[[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail]] (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)''}}

{{quote|''"'All wood burns,' states Sir Bedevere. 'Therefore,' he concludes, 'all that burns is wood.' This is, of course, pure bullshit. Universal affirmatives can only be partially converted: all of Alma Cogan is dead, but only some of the class of dead people are Alma Cogan."''|"A Lesson in Logic", ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]] (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)''}}

:: Claiming a quality of one thing is also a quality of another thing because they have some other thing in common, e.g. "Water is a liquid. Water will put out most fires. Therefore, any liquid will put out most fires." And then you pour on the olive oil. Or the high-proof vodka.

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Stalin was an atheist

Therefore atheists are evil because Stalin belonged to both groups. }}

** Hitler (who described himself as Catholic, but just how devout he was [[wikipedia:Adolf ~~Hitlerchr(27)~~s religious views|is a matter very much up for debate]]) is also sometimes used like this.

** Hitler (who described himself as Catholic, but just how devout he was [[wikipedia:Adolf Hitler's religious views|is a matter very much up for debate]]) is also sometimes used like this.

* Commonly used in arguments about religion:

{{quote|Pat Robertson said crazy things about Haitian voodoo practices causing the earthquake.

Pat Robertson is a Christian.

Therefore Christians are crazy. }}

* In [[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail]], they use this to prove a woman is a witch.

* In [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]], they use this to prove a woman is a witch.

{{quote|[[Burn the Witch|They burn witches.]]<br />

They burn wood.<br />