Reply to: What are they smoking?

[louie]

But the EU won the prize not the EEA.

So Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, etc aren't included.

Trivial objections (also referred to as hair-splitting, nothing but objections, barrage of objections and banal objections) is an informal logical fallacy where irrelevant and sometimes frivolous objections are made to divert the attention away from the topic that is being discussed. This type of argument is called a "quibble" or "quillet". Trivial objections are a special case of red herring.
The fallacy often appears when an argument is difficult to oppose. The person making a trivial objection may appear ready to accept the argument in question, but at the same time they will oppose it in many different ways. These objections can appear in the form of lists, hypotheticals, and even accusations.
Such objections themselves may be valid, but they fail to confront the main argument under consideration. Instead, the objection opposes a small, irrelevant part of the main argument. The fallacy is committed because of this diversion; it is fallacious to oppose a point on the basis of minor and incidental aspects, rather than responding to the main claim.
Example ( Tom is using a barrage of objections):
Amy: Tomatoes are fruit, not vegetable.
Tom: Tomatoes can't be fruit. They don't grow on trees.
Amy: But pineapples also don't grow on trees and are fruit.
Tom: Tomatoes still can't be fruit. They are used in salads.
Amy: Apples are also used in salads and are fruit.
Tom: Tomatoes still can't be fruit. They are of botanical order Solanales

HTH

[SueEllen]

Its part of EEA so its part of Europe, keep any other banal objections to yourself.

But the EU won the prize not the EEA.

So Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, etc aren't included.

[louie]

Norway isn't in the EU

Its part of EEA so its part of Europe, keep any other banal objections to yourself.

[stevejohnson]

If the prize money is going to be distributed equally, it will equate to 1.2 øre per person. Shall I write and ask for it along with a copy of the certificate?

you are not EU. you are a resource. ( expendable )

[centurian]

7/7, Madrid bombings, Behring Breivik attacks yes very peaceful.

Norway isn't in the EU

[Robinho]

Yes clearly the demands of your job are in line with your ability.

Seriously what do you do all day?

If i was retired i'd buy a nice house on the French Riviera and eat cheese. Not go on a mindless internet forum and call everyone a cretin.

[louie]

Ah yes....

here we go, expect a copy/pasted opinion piece from SG soon, will it be from the economist or the NYT?

[sasguru]

You must have a tulip life SAS.

At least i'm getting paid to talk to you.

Yes clearly the demands of your job are in line with your ability.

[Robinho]

You must have a tulip life SAS.

At least i'm getting paid to talk to you.

[sasguru]

Jeez, is it an outing for the Village Idiots already?

CCCP also kept the peace in Europe. Where's its posthumous award?

Ah yes....

[Robinho]

CCCP also kept the peace in Europe. Where's its posthumous award?

[d000hg]

Is the NP for work in the year just gone? They have managed to avoid the breakup of the EU and subsequent wars between former member states.

So far.

[sasguru]

I suppose giving the EU a Nobel Prize on account of six decades of not being the powder keg that ignited two world wars in the early half of the twentieth century is marginally less stupid than giving Barack Obama the same prize for six seconds of not being George Bush.

You mean white / Christian?

7/7, Madrid bombings, Behring Breivik attacks yes very peaceful.

Before the EU there was some wealth in Europe worth fighting for. Now it's an economic wasteland no warrior would waste any time over.

Or in other words yes the EU has prevented wars in Europe. But only by causing the same level of harm to it as would be suffered by each side if they lost..

Jeez, is it an outing for the Village Idiots already?

[doodab]

Best Nobel Peace Prize ever

Strangely, many of the people who object to the EU getting the prize also objected to Medecins Sans Frontieres getting the prize. They were however fully supportive of the prize going to Doctors Without Borders.

[KentPhilip]

Before the EU there was some wealth in Europe worth fighting for. Now it's an economic wasteland no warrior would waste any time over.

Or in other words yes the EU has prevented wars in Europe. But only by causing the same level of harm to it as would be suffered by each side if they lost..