Summary
GEOFF HOON, the man with a third runway to sell, has launched a horrific airstrike on one of our most beloved luvvies. "I worry about people whom I assume travel by air quite a lot and don't see the logic of their position," said the Transport Secretary, referring to the actress Emma Thompson, who has bought land near Heathrow to try to stop the project.
Mr Hoon's complaint is a particularly fine example of the Absolutist Fallacy -- the politician's pretence that the only permissible choice is between the two absolute extremes. So you must either support gigantically expanded flying, or never fly at all. So you cannot oppose exciting plans for a nuclear reactor in every home -- unless you live in a yurt and knit your own clothes.See the full content of this document
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Don't Listen to Him, Emma [Edition 2]
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