And he is too reductive in arguing that since Hitler is the ultimate politically incorrect person, the Western world has overreacted by racing to adopt simplistic political correctness.
But it is rather like arguing that, since noises sufficiently unlike Mozart's music do not count as music, there is no music other than Mozart's.
There are already those arguing that since Begum left the UK to join Islamic State four years ago her situation has changed entirely.
The Justice Department sought to have the case dismissed this month, arguing that since no troops had been discharged, a decision was premature.
Eurostock took the agency to judicial review, arguing that since the heads were imported from Ireland, UK BSE rules did not apply.
But Microsoft's competitors are lobbying the new administration to hold firm, arguing that since the case began, the market share of Microsoft has continued to grow.
The justice minister, Roberto Castelli, branded it a "Soviet-style political campaign", arguing that since the polling had not been independently monitored, there was no reason to treat the results as credible.These were surprising on at least two counts.
In Crawford v Davy they are arguing that since public schools deny students their constitutional right to a proper education, the court should refund their money so they can spend it at any school they choose.
And indeed some schools have tried to resist the compulsory extension of Welsh language lessons, arguing that since little Welsh was spoken in their community, the money could be better spent elsewhere.
Last year it objected to the 1998 agreement with Texaco, arguing that since the company was the operator of the field it should have cleaned up all of the pits.
Murray challenged the result, arguing that since one of the Republicans — Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) — voted by proxy, his vote didn't count under committee rules, and the outcome was really an 11-t0-11 tie.
