AndyWood comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AndyWood 27 February 2010 07:55:41AM *  4 points [-]

That is pretty close. If I understand them right, I think the difference is:

Tu Quoque: X is also guilty of Y, (therefore Z).

False Equivalence: (X is also guilty of Y), therefore Z.

where the parentheses indicate the major location of error.