Thread:LondonDauntlessCorvair963/@comment-5772846-20130817143859/@comment-5772846-20130817162901

Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: His so called "Examples of Logic" are jokes, I think. Because, all of them are flawed...

1. If Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, why is it that for every store there's a kid who's crying cause he didn't get his toy?

The problem here is known as the fallacy of division, or whole-to-parts. He is making the assumption that what is true about the whole is true about each part. Thus the answer to his question is because what is true of the whole is not necessarily true of the parts.

2. Our parents tell us not to lie, but when we tell them the truth they get mad.

It is false that all parents always get mad whenever their children tell them the truth. There is no logical relationship between telling kids not to lie (a morally wrong thing) and getting mad at something they say that happens to be true.

3. Wouldn't bread and corn be vegetables because they come from plants?

The answer is a most emphatic no. The definition of vegetable is any parts of the plants except for the plant's reproductive organs— fruit are the reproductive organs. A good rule of thumb is, if its got seeds in it, its a fruit. So yes, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, green beans, and all grains are fruit, not vegetables.

4. It's odd how you say you're the only one who can drive.

I don't even understand this one.

Yay, Obi saves the day. :P