On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:33:41 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm always amazed at how these threads get into "either / or" and
"which is best" spats.

It's a fallacious form of argument you see used in politics all the
time to push one agenda or another. "The money your want to spend on X
could be better spent on [insert speaker's favorite hobby horse]." The
fallacy is in arguing, not that it's a good idea to spend for [hobby
horse], but that we've already addressed whether to spend the money
and the only question is on what.