September 29, 2004

Slippery Slopes.

Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader knows that the Minister of Agriculture doesn't care for "slippery slope" arguments. Which your Maximum Leader admits is fair, in that most of the time the exponent of a "slippery slope" argument is committing a logical fallacy. It is important to remember however, that for a "slippery slope" argument to be logically flawed, the final conclusion must be shown not to be a result of the primary step in the argument.

Of course, when talking about our political society, typical laws of logic do not seem to apply. Indeed, sometimes people persist in denying the slippery slope connection even when you can clearly document it. (Like here and here.)

With that thought in mind, you should read the latest from Velociworld

Carry on.

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