[jackkinsella]

It's comments like this that keep me coming back to Hacker News. I sometimes find myself in political discussions with people and feel that they aren't playing fair for whatever reason (fair in the sense of good natured truth-seeking). Your counter-example is the perfect, non-snarky retort.

[polskibus]

Argumentum ad populum or ad numerum, it's always good to keep an eye for them!