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Old 01-21-2014, 03:23 PM   #15
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
Yes.

All slippery slope arguments are logical fallacies.
No they aren't.

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Originally Posted by wikipedia
... a slippery slope is logical device, but is usually known under its fallacious form in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any rational argument or demonstrable mechanism for the inevitability of the event in question.
"It's already happening, but the tools are imperfect. This provides better tools to do it." is a rational argument and demonstrable mechanism.
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