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Old 01-27-2004, 11:19 AM   #43 (permalink)
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"...next thing we know, we're going to have people jailed for expressing their beliefs."

This is an example of what is called a "slippery slope" argument - and it convinces no one who knows rhetorical strategy. Because one thing may be argued as true, it does not follow that every successive argument is true, or even relevant to the particular issue in question, etc...
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