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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (11147)7/16/1997 3:36:00 AM
From: JF Quinnelly   of 108807
 
>>I do think that if you follow the money, and understand underlying motivations, it is possible sometimes to weigh statistics regarding their inherent credibility.

>>OR, is the underlying motivation that your political views make it uncomfortable to accept that poor air quality might be affecting public health so adversely that the government might have to further curtail individual freedoms to improve it?

This is simple ad hominem argument, questioning an opposing view not on its merit, but because of who is making the argument or who is paying for it. I try to avoid logical fallacies of this sort, for one thing I don't have a crystal ball, and secondly I find it easier to actually address the issue instead of discounting an argument because of the source of the paycheck. Either way, you need to bone up on logical fallacies so that you stop employing them so often. If you want to be taken seriously, then you will have to learn to use valid arguments.
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