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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."Studying economics and finance in college does not make you rich. I don't see any point studying it at all."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I wouldn't take her speech on freedom and liberty seriously. She restricts her own children from eating outside.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
She is guilty of the crime. Can you prove that she isn't?
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Nobody saw her stealing the car. Therefore, she didn't steal the car.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Obviously he didn't cheat on the test. He never cheats.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.We are the oldest company in the automobile servicing industry. Therefore, we are the best.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
Why should I tell him that his car is parked in a tow-away zone? You think he would do the same for me?
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I really want to be the next President of the United States. I know that I will be.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.You should give Arthur the job. He just lost his wife last week; he needs this job.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"You're the best wife in the world. Could you cook something special tonight?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"Greyhound reminds you that when you travel by car, you take chances, especially if you are traveling alone. Anything can happen: dangerous thunderstorms [sound effect: thunder], engine trouble [sound of car failing to start], blowouts [tire blowing out, car screeching to a stop]. Next time [upbeat music] dont take chances. Its time to go Greyhound and leave the driving to us."
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Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Obamacare cant be any good. To apply for benefits you have to fill out a 15-page form!"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"The secretary insists our missiles can shoot down theirs, but what else could he say? Hes got to put people at ease."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."The Sims just have to do well in their new business. Theyve put everything they had into it, and they absolutely must succeed or theyll be ruined. Im thinking theyll do great work, and Im certainly going to throw my business their way."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."To me, she doesnt make any sense. Shes just another airhead trying to impress the guys."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"You must make your choice. Either this man was and is the son of God; or else a madman and something worse."
C.S. Lewis
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"One professor to another: One of my students missed class because of illness. How could anyone possibly think attendance is optional?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage taken from the text."Women should not be allowed in combat, because it is prohibited by the Defense Department."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."She is trustworthy; after all, she swears she is, and you cant doubt that."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."I hear jocks and fraternity types grumbling about the homework, but I expect more from you."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Move to Toronto? Why would anyone want to live on the North Pole?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Geoff thinks currency not backed by gold or silver is inherently worthless. But that cant be right. Hes just saying that because he invested everything he owns in gold and silver."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Forget those polls. They come from CBS."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Requiring restaurants to post calories will never get everyone to stop overeating. What a waste of time."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."This offer is good for a short time only!"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."There cant be anything worthwhile in this new operating system. Microsoft comes out with a new OS every two years, it seems like."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
First poll watcher: "The decision in Gore v. Bush in 2000 was that George W. Bush won the election in Florida."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."The world will end on January 1. It has been written. People who dont believe it will be left behind."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Conservatism isnt dead? Who says?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."You hear that idea at Tea Party conventions. Im surprised you agree with it."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Prof. Stooler assigned two extra paragraphs to read. Dude thinks we dont have anything better to do."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Either we secure our borders, or illegals will be taking over the country. This, to me, is a no-brainer."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
DEVELOPER: "Theyre telling us to make changes to comply with the new water standards."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Do you think you might learn something about farming by watching the Amish? Come on! Those people are still living in the 19th century, or maybe the 18th."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."That Ehrman fellow started off as a fairly fundamentalist religious person, but after all that education and study, he finally wound up being an atheist. His opinions about the scriptures are not the ones you want to listen to."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Don't you just love hearing somebody [Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City] who violated New York City's term limit law to run for mayor a third time lecturing us on portion control? When it came to the portions of terms he could serve, he was insatiable."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."I will reduce your mortgage payments by 25 percent. Take the offer while you can. It is a very good deal. If you dont, you can expect to hear from my friend, the sheriff."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"And speaking of flip-flopping, our Secretary of State, Mr. Kerry, fought in the war in Vietnam, then spoke out against it after he got home, and now he expects us to think his foreign policy makes sense?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"A trans-American oil pipeline would be great for the economy. People against it just want to make it harder for us to drive big cars. They want to make us drive little tiny electric cars that dont go over 30 miles per hour and need to be charged up every night. Who wants that!"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Nobody can prove that demons don't exist. Therefore, they exist."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."After Sara got back from Cuba she raved about the wonderful health care there. Spare me. I know Sarah. She would praise a communist country even if people were dying in the streets."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."The assemblyman came out against the Marijuana Legalization Initiative a couple of years ago. Maybe hes been reading the polls because now hes all for it. He doesnt convince me."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Buy now while supplies last!"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Jasmine believes dogs think just like people, but just cant talk. And thats not her looniest idea about dogs. I wouldnt take seriously any advice she gave you about your pups health."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Gun control is pointless. We cant stop every lunatic from getting his hand on a gun."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."When Keith installed a new windshield for me he spent the whole time listening to talk radio. If you hire him, dont pay attention to anything he says."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Pryors diatribe against gun control is flat-out nonsense. He probably doesnt believe that stuff himself."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."The new Secretary of Defense says hell prosecute the war in the Middle East in accordance with current American policy. But you realize, dont you, that as soon as he got home from Vietnam he began to criticize American policy there."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"You think drilling is less risky? I doubt it. Thats just oil industry propaganda."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Cmon, only conspiracy-theory nuts believe stuff like that."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Tell me this. If you arent losing your hearing, then how come you cant hear so well. Well?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Outlawing hate speechthe latest bright idea from so-called progressives."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Malamutes are difficult to train. Have you ever seen one that isnt?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."It is essential that we arrive early. Shake a leg, or we will leave without you."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Honey, you are so understanding. Would you do the dishes this once?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.
"Of course we should be able to go to the concert. Mom doesnt want us to have any fun at
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage."We beat the prices of our competitors. We would not say this if it werent true."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Reconstruction of a remark heard at a faculty meeting: "The quality of teaching performance cannot be measured. No matter what administrators at campuses around the country might say, teaching performance is simply not the kind of thing to which you can assign measurable variables and then compare a bunch of numbers at the beginning of a course and again at its end. That isnt the way it works."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"Opponents to Proposition 102 say that contact tracing will lead to witch hunts. We say its time to stop peddling such fear and panic."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
He: I believe everybody should be permitted to cheat.
She: Thats absolutely ridiculous.
He: Why do you say that?
She: Well, assume that everyone were permitted to cheat. To say they are permitted to cheat means that its all right for them to cheat, right? And if its all right for them to cheat, then theres nothing wrong with cheating. But then, if theres nothing wrong with what theyre doing, they wouldnt be cheating. So your suggestion is absurd.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Every event has a cause other than itself, since if it didnt, it would have to have caused itself, which is impossible.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
The ACLU? Yeah, I know about them, and I dont like them very much. Theyre the ones who furnish free lawyers for criminals.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.A lot of senators are crabbing about everything the president does these days. But if you look at the party those senators belong to, youll notice that nearly all of them are members of the opposition party. So you can safely bet these criticisms are just partisan politics rather than the kind of thing we should take seriously.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Ann Landers did an informal survey on sex. Many people responded, some of them favorably, but a lot unfavorably. In a follow-up column, she wrote, "Comments by Erica Jong, Andrew Greeley, Helen Gurley Brown, Gay Talese, and Gloria Steinem showed insight and understanding. A few so-called sex experts who called the survey dangerous demonstrated incredible ignorance and missed the point completely."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
Are you really going to believe her about librarians salaries not being excessive? Ill have you know she herself is a librarian, or dont you think that matters?
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
From a letter to the editor: The Times editorial headed The Murder of Innocents deplored the motive behind the Air India tragedy by posing the following question: What possible reason could there be for killing 329 innocents, so many of them children . . . ? The writer then urges Americans never to accept some maniacal logic that offers an excuse for such a heinous crime.
"Below this editorial followed a second, which urged the governor to strike from a family-planning bill awaiting his signature a stipulation prohibiting state funding for any family-planning agency that provides abortions, or incentives or referrals to obtain them."
"What an incongruous positionto condemn the murder of 80 innocent children in a plane over the Atlantic, but to condone the murder of 4,000 children nationwide per day in the womb."
"Isnt this the very same maniacal logic that permits constant slaughter under the guise of family planning, a euphemistic term to obscure another form of murder of the innocents?"
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
In one of his columns, Mike Royko had a word or two to write about Sylvester Stallone. According to Royko, after completing the movie Rambo: First Blood Part II, Stallone explained that it was an attempt to secure some credit for Vietnam veterans. Royko quoted Stallone as saying, "The people who pushed the wrong button all took a powder. The vets got the raw deal and were left holding the bag. What Rambo is saying is that if they could fight again, it would be different."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.From a letter to the editor: "The secretary of defense claims we cannot cut defense spending by so much as a jot. Right. What the generals want, the generals get. What the secretary is, is just another lawyer. Its not whats right that matters, its what you can get. No wonder his relations with Congress are so poor."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Overheard: "Theres absolutely no point in asking a conservationist if toxic wastes are contaminating Butte County well water. As a conservationist, of course hell say that they are."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
She: Wed do well to get a Zenith. Their salesman told me they have the best repair record of any brand on the market.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.You know that hiring me for this job is the right thing to do, Dennis. Just think how horrible youll feel if you knew that you threw your best friend back onto unemployment.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Youre worried that the very expensive diamond you want to purchase may not be worth the price, and the salesperson says: "We know diamonds here and weve examined this one very carefully. You can rest assured that its worth every penny."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Sure, Ive been irritable today, but I actually did a good thing for Zanja when I told him hes an annoying person who always hangs around us like a leech. Its not because Im in a bad mood; Im actually doing him a kindness.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I am confident that you will clearly recognize that Im a superior instructor on your evaluation of me. Ive long known that youre one of the most perceptive students Ive ever had.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.In an ad for Michelin tires with a cute baby sitting by its tire: Michelin. Because so much is riding on your tires.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.In a letter to the editor describing those against staying in Iraq: "Liberals would love to think the United States could make Iraq peaceful with the use of party favors and snack packs...."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Since the University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson, a slave-owner, we should be very suspicious of the graduates of that university.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.One person, speaking to her friends before they attend a political fund-raising party: "Now listen, folks, before we go into this party. You should be prepared to hear all kinds of flattery as they butter you up before they try to pick your pockets. Remember, all theyre after is your money."
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
You know how some people against gun control say that making guns illegal wont stop anyone who wants one from getting one? Ever notice how the same people are usually against legalizing drugs because they dont want drugs made available? Funny how they think that law wont work for guns but will work for drugs.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I wouldnt take a course from anyone in the Poly Sci department, if I were you. They are all anti-U.S., ultraliberal types, at least thats what I hear.