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To: AndrewC
slippery slope crap. It is a logical fallacy. Look it up.

Slippery Slope is not necessarily a logical fallacy if there is a logical connection between the beginning and end and a justification for it being reasonable.

For example, it is generally valid to look at any action the government takes in restricting the people in a slippery-slope manner because the government has a long and proven history of sliding straight down. "Don't worry, the seat belt laws are only a secondary offense," we knew it would eventually be a primary offense, and they there would eventually be roadblocks set up just to check for them. We were right.

409 posted on 04/27/2008 8:24:03 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
Slippery Slope is not necessarily a logical fallacy if there is a logical connection between the beginning and end and a justification for it being reasonable.

There is a big "if" in your statement, namely, "there is a logical connection between the beginning and end and a justification for it being reasonable". So prove that compound statement and you do not have slippery slope otherwise, it is slippery slope and a fallacy.

412 posted on 04/27/2008 8:35:24 PM PDT by AndrewC (You should go see "Expelled")
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