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• Ban slippery slope arguments! - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 4:41:55 PM
  • Yah! And "sending a message" arguements, too! - alcaray - 4/25/2003 5:35:54 PM
    • Agreed. How about "hypocrisy prohibits action" arguments? - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 6:43:36 PM
      • What about Socratic Straw man arguments - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:41:14 AM
        • Flame the Straw Men!! - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 10:00:02 AM
  • But what if the argument is true? - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 4:57:38 PM
    • Bad logic can lead to true conclusions - alcaray - 4/25/2003 5:46:15 PM
      • It isn't about raw logic - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 6:18:21 PM
    • bans on abortion and handguns as examples - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 5:35:38 PM
      • For a better example, think of smoking bans - Larry J - 4/25/2003 7:51:36 PM
        • Should have put some grease on that slope to it more slippery..... - Publius - 4/26/2003 12:32:03 PM
        • That doesn't contradict my point about the weakness of slippery slope arguments - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 9:48:48 AM
        • Re: smoking bans - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 8:34:08 AM
  • You mean like those endless claims that Bush is sending the US into fascism? - ebnelson - 4/25/2003 3:16:17 PM
    • Re: You mean like those endless claims that Bush is sending the US into fascism? - pwokenyaw - 4/30/2003 5:31:23 PM
  • Naw, just Strawmen argumnets flipping down a slippery-slope into a boiling pot of red herrings.... - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 12:03:48 PM
  • Sometimes A does Lead to B, which in turn leads to C...At least to some degree... - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:39:53 AM
    • P.S. All learning could be said to flow from slipper slope logic... - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:44:36 AM