Actually the second syllogism isn't valid: the major premise isn't universally quantified, it's a generic. Generics admit of exceptions.
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Sure, but in a logic textbook?
In a "logic textbook"! And if I saw it in the context of a syllogism I think that disambiguates to the conditional reading!
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In the context of "this form of bad reasoning really happens in the wild", the generics reading seems super charity. You're a kind man!
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