Find the Logical Fallacy

Kathryn Aegis (k_aegis@mindspring.com)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:21:56

Let's play a game! A situation is presented, you find the logical fallacy. Give those neurons a good stretch and try this one:

A police officer is roughly defined as an individual hired by a given city to provide general protection services and to maintain the jurisdictional laws. The Chief of Police in Washington, D.C., proposes placing more police officers on the night shift, so as to provide a greater presence of police officers at the time the criminals are more active. The police union strongly opposes this new strategy, and Thursday morning our police officers plan to march on police headquarters to register their strong disapproval.

Is this:

a.  circular logic?
b.  false causality?  or
c.  a serious semantic disconnect?

Kathryn Aegis