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Comment author: thomblake 13 August 2010 09:02:54PM 5 points [-]

I forget the term for the fallacy of all-or-nothing reasoning, someone look it up and link to it.

The relevant fallacy in 'Aristotelian' logic is probably false dilemma, though there are a few others in the neighborhood.